Fun tidbit: The original quote is originally the exact opposite, that Alexander weeps when he finds out there are countless worlds in the universe, and he will never be able to conquer them. The well-known version in the OP comes from Hollywood’s Die Hard butchering the original.
Or at least that’s what 5 mins of googling got me, add salt as necessary.
add salt as necessary.
Well now I am salty that I’d not heard that before today.
This comment chain is just peppered with fun information.
The more seasoned commenters are used to this, everyone else just needs to ketchup.
A1 comment right here. Might have me cumin back for more, if I have thyme.
Well then curry up, it’s definitely worth it.
There aren’t actually any provinces in those locations without modding
Those places must have all been real shadowy when he looked at them, and he decided he must never go there
It’s an apocryphal quotation invented by Hollywood screenwriters.
I thought Spain+Portugal were Iberia, not the Caucasus. That the ancient name?
Kind of. Essentially ‘Iberia’ is a name Greeks used generally, which then got translated and inherited repeatedly by Romans and such. Similar to barbarians being the Berbers of North Africa and also the Germanic tribes.
So that ‘Iberia’ is a placename for a culture that became the Georgians. (Which is also an exonym. I think it’s called ‘Kartli’ by the people actually living there.) I don’t know if or why ‘Iberia’ would still be used.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iberia-ancient-kingdom-Georgia Was a old name for the areas below the mountains, the name on the map isnt correctly positioned.
Too many barbarians over there
There be dragons
JESUS WEPT!
