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Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
History of Alexander by Timagenes; Historiae Philippicae by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus "Σταθμοί τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου πορείας" (Stages in Alexander's Journey/Stations of the march of Alexander), a work of Baeton (the Bematist of Alexander the Great). [12] [13] Work of Chares of Mytilene. Ten books about the life of Alexander. [14]
Alexander The Great in the French museum Le Louvre Archived 17 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Alexander, The Great Mystery by T. Peter Limber in "Saudi Aramco Magazine" Trace Alexander's conquests on an animated map; Alexander the Great of Macedon, a project by John J. Popovic; Alexander in the Punjab.
This is a chronological summary of the expedition of Alexander the Great into Asia against the Persian Empire of king Darius III, with indication of the countries/places visited or simply crossed, including the most important battles/sieges and the cities founded (Alexandrias). The events of the expedition are shown in chronological order.
Vasco de Lucena presenting his translation of Rufus' Histories of Alexander the Great to Charles the Bold, c. 1470 The Historiae survives in 123 codices, or bound manuscripts, all deriving from an original in the second half of the 9th century, Paris, BnF lat. 5716, which was copied during the Carolingian Renaissance for a certain Count Conrad by the scribe Haimo in the Loire region.
The book is a biography of King Alexander the Great, (356-323 BCE), ruler of Macedon, Egypt and Persia. [2] Renault wrote several historical novels in which Alexander appears: The Mask of Apollo (1966), Fire from Heaven (1969), The Persian Boy (1972) and Funeral Games (1981). She felt these were not enough to tell the whole story of Alexander ...
Alexander the Great, 356–323 BC Brooklyn Museum. A major Mediterranean port of Egypt, in ancient times and still today, Alexandria was founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great. According to Plutarch, the Alexandrians believed that Alexander the Great's motivation to build the city was his wish to "found a large and populous Greek city that ...
The Battle of Thebes took place between Alexander the Great and the Greek city-state of Thebes in 335 BC immediately outside of and in the city proper in Boeotia.After being made hegemon of the League of Corinth, Alexander had marched to the north to deal with revolts in Illyria and Thrace, which forced him to draw heavily from the troops in Macedonia that were maintaining pressure on the city ...