I am not sure if you&#x27;re talking about Alexander, because you make it sound like something <i>everybody does</i> but that&#x27;s not the case. If anything, nearly everybody does&#x2F;did the opposite.<p>Alexander became accustomed and adopted the Persian lifestyle, to the point where his countrymen started resenting him, because they didn&#x27;t feel enough like <i>conquerers</i>. He married the daughter of Darius. Most conquerors at the time, would probably kill them on the spot, just to make a point.<p>Take the Egyptians with the Israelis for example, 400 years of slavery and they were totally set apart. Not assimilated at all. Same with Greeks and Turks, 400 years of slavery but no assimilation. There are many examples and although the enslaved want to believe that this is because of them, it&#x27;s not... It&#x27;s because the upper hand didn&#x27;t allow&#x2F;want any kind of assimilation.<p>Alexander was a very efficient slaughterer, but he was much more than that. At 300 BC. what more can we ask?