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But

You should mention 338, 338 BC.

This is another one of these parallel years.

This is the year when Macedon takes control of the Greek cities to the south.

And it's largely due to Alexander that he's successful at the Battle of Chaeronea under the overall command of his father, of course.

And this is the exact same year that Rome becomes the hegemon in Italy.

So again, it's these parallel stories.

And so it would have been interesting to see if Alexander had survived.

Oh, absolutely.

Really well put.

You can see the ingredients of success that he has already built if he wants to turn west with the way that you just described it.

We know that they're going to have embassies after their struggle with Pyrrhus.

So I think, you know, so we've already introduced the, here's the story down to around the 320s.

And then I think what, during the 320s, there are two stories that inform us, the two main events that inform us about how Rome would have performed.

And that's the second and third Samnite War's

and then the war with Pyrrhus.

And Pyrrhus, the so-called heir of Alexander, seems to have that tactical genius that Alexander has, but not the political diplomatic genius.

And he's really charismatic, but not as charismatic as Alexander.

I'm not sure who can be as charismatic as Alexander, except for perhaps Julius Caesar.

So we know that when they do have a major interaction with someone like Alexander, Pyrrhus,