Soldier, Priest, and God by F. S. Naiden

Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/26254to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soldier, Priest, and God Author: F. S. Naiden Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins Release date: 12-25-18 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 11 ratings Genres: Ancient Publisher's Summary: Whatever we may think of Alexander - whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath - most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt, he performed the ceremonies needed to be pharaoh, and thus became a god as well as a priest. Babylon surrendered to him partly because he agreed to become a sacred king. When Alexander disregarded religion, he and his army suffered. In Iran, for instance, where he refused to be crowned and even destroyed a shrine, resistance against him mounted.

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