Posted on 01/29/2019 11:02:15 AM PST by Red Badger
PinGGG!....................
gradually robbing him of his ability to move, speak and breath,
Did they have a breathing machine back then?
Because if you can’t breathe, you are dead within minutes.
Thanks for posting this. Interesting story.
Thirty two pints of wine in two days. Four gallons? World class boozer.
If you can’t speak because of paralysis, how can you swallow?
Nobody lasts 8 days without water.
‘Wine’ back in those days was not what we would call ‘wine’ today....................
They probably mean voluntary vs involuntary.
One can only hope he was in a coma before the purging of fluids did begin.
Assuming this is not an exaggeration or matter of folklore,
that level of alcohol consumption; 12 pints in one night, followed by 12 MORE pints the next day; would be considered severely alcoholic today. Just by that, he may have weakened his immune system just enough to let some corrosive condition or debilitating bacteria flourish and then take over the body.
That’s why they called him “Alexander the Grape”.
I always enjoy British articles that use the word “boffin.”
He dies of AIDs???
(it was probbly those little Persian boys!!)
‘Wine’ back in those days would have been terrible:
Preservation efforts are the most noticeable culinary difference between ancient and modern wine. Modern bottles help protect wine today, but exposure to oxygen quickly spoiled ancient wines. Vintners tried to preserve them with resin, which made the wines sticky and thick. Other additives included lead, lye-ash, marble dust, salt, pepper, and random assortments of herbs that were used to make wine remotely palatable.
Thanks Red Badger.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome? What about AIDS? Maybe he died of AIDS, the first known case, y'know, because he was a flaming homo? /sarc
I'll stick with the poisoning hypothesis. Also, he was mighty hard on his own health during the years campaigning, recovering from life-threatening wounds at least twice.
Ten or so years ago a book came out claiming Alexander went crazy due to alcoholism.
And the dolt author of this piece is full of ****, A the G wasn't a warmonger.
Interest choice of words by someone who will most likely never make an impact on the world.
Campylobacter jejuni....................
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campylobacter_jejuni
May have been in food ill-prepared..................
You know a lot about the history of wines.
All you described is new information to me.
I do recall hearing that many countries favored drinking wine when clean or potable water could not be guaranteed.
That’s one reason French and Italian children would be accustomed to wine at the dinner table.
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