Barbarians Quote by Robin Lane Fox

Alexander was not the first Greek to be honoured as a god for political favour.

— Robin Lane Fox

How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians for the…

— Polybius

“The Greek army refused to move an inch forward against the nations whose very name, according to Alexander, struck his soldiers with terror.”

— Dr Jayaswal

“As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time,…

— Christopher Hitchens

For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage…

— Adolf Hitler

“Of whomsoever else he might be the conqueror, Alexander was never the conqueror of India! He did not even see the courtyard (of the…

— Savarkar

There is nothing inherently conservative in the ancient world.

— Mary Beard

But critics of the war have no reason to regret their views.

— Stephen Cohen

“To the Greeks [the Macedonians] were uncouth, semi-civilized barbarians. The Macedonians for their part despised the Greeks as effete, wishy-washy Greeklings. Both regarded the…

— Nicholas Sekunda

Whenever Alexander heard Philip had taken any town of importance, or won any signal victory, instead of rejoicing at it altogether, he would tell…

— Plutarch

“The Greeks rebult Athens, building the incredible Acropolis and the blackened columns of the original Parthenon were set into the walls. The Greeks would…

— Julian Noyce

“Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been…

— Alexander the Great