Richard KadreyIf his drunkenness had legs, it would be Alexander the Great and conquer the known world. Then it would puke for a week into a solid gold toilet it stole from Zeus's guest room.
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Alexander the Great, a legendary Macedonian conqueror, was a legendary drunk. He had a reputation for being violent and irrational. The stories of his drunkenness were so spectacular that he was referred to by many as the “Lion of Macedon.” In fact, historians have concluded that he was so intoxicated at the time of his death that he actually died from alcohol poisoning.
Source: Kill The Dead
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