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[Anonymous No.16077750]

>So much for that! But you should hear what else he did during that same campaign, ‘The exploit our strong-hearted hero dared to do.’ One day, at dawn, he started thinking about the Catalogue of Ships; he just stood outside, trying to recite it for himself. He couldn’t complete it, but he wouldn’t give up. He simply stood there, glued to the same spot. By midday, many soldiers had seen him, and, quite mystified, they told everyone that Alexander had been standing there all day, reciting the Catalogue. He was still there when evening came, and after dinner some Ionians moved their bedding outside, where it was cooler and more comfortable (all this took place in the summer), but mainly in order to watch if Alexander was going to stay out there all night. And so he did; he stood in the very same spot until dawn! He only left next morning, when the Sun came out, and he made his prayers to the new day.

[Anonymous No.16077802]

The Catalogue is much more interesting if the mentioned places belong to your empire

[Anonymous No.16077818]

>>16077802
>spend an entire day and night listing great heroes and their places of origin
>all of them are within your territory
damn