The Emperor's Discontentment With Alexander's Leadership

As his army prepared for war, alexander once again tried for peace with the eastern legions strongly reinforced and the emperor himself t on the scene. Alexander hoped artishir would see the error of his ways and back down from the confrontation. But again, though it was probably a prudent overture, the legions were disgusted with alexander for continuing to jaw jaw when he should be making war war. They accused the emperor of being too addicted to the comforts of rome to defend the empire honorably. Iam willing to give alexander the benefit of the doubt as to his motivations,. but given his later conduct, it's not exactly implausible that the young emperor really