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Alexander the Great Had Gone West, Not East?
European culture is so completely underpinned by the achievements of the Roman Empire that it is difficult to imagine a world in which it had never existed. Professor Chris Andrew invites a range of historians to consider what might have happened to our history, language and thought if Alexanderthe Great had conquered Europe ratherthan Asia, makingGreek rather that Latin the basis of ourculture. Producer Mark Smalley

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