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EP9 Glimpses of Olympias

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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The King of the Persians, You Better Be Able to Drink, Sir?

Alexander the Great was a rampant alcoholic who thought he's the son of a god. "It's when you get to another of the known pitfalls of this great conqueror sort of lifestyle that it all falls apart for him, maybe the paranoia and the suspicion" He begins to start killing the people around him as his mental instability takes hold.

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