A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast
Explore the realm of alternate histories as we explore the "what ifs" that can flow from history's most pivotal moments. Each episode will focus on a specific moment in time--the fork--where history could have taken a different path. A Fork In Time encourages contributions and participation by our community of listeners who have become an integral and vital part of the show.
This feed is also the home of our companion show, The Room Where It Happened, featuring the team looking at significant historical events without the alternative prespective.
A Fork In Time: The Alternate History Podcast
Episode 0132—Cleitus-Scope
In May of 334 BCE, the first of three major battles were fought by the invading army of Alexander the Greece of Macedon against the Persians at the Granicus River. The victory by Alexander was very early in the campaign that would see Alexander go on to successfully conquer Asia Minor, Egypt, and Persia.
Alexander could have died on the field that day were it not for the intervention of Cleitus the Black, one of his commanders, at a critical moment on the heat of the battle.
How would history have been different if the fatal blow had landed and Alexander had died essentially before his ten-year-long campaign conquest had barely begun?
Eric Bond joins for this episode.
Helpful Weblinks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Granicus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleitus_the_Black
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Battle of the Granicus
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