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The Hellenistic period developed through the Roman Empire into modern Western culture; the Greek language became the lingua franca of the region and was the predominant language of the Byzantine Empire until its collapse in the mid-15th century AD. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mould of Achilles, featuring prominently in ...
Western Conference. Backcourt. Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards. Frontcourt. Denver’s Nikola Jokic, San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama, Los Angeles Lakers ...
Ancient cities founded by Alexander the Great in Central and South Asia. Alexander populated the city with 7,000 Macedonians, 3,000 mercenaries and thousands of natives (according to Curtius VII.3.23), or some 7,000 natives and 3,000 non-military camp followers and a number of Greek mercenaries (Diodorus, XVII.83.2), in March 329 BC.
Historiae Alexandri Magni, a biography of Alexander in ten books, of which the last eight survive, by the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus, written in the 1st century AD, and based largely on Cleitarchus through the mediation of Timagenes, with some material probably from Ptolemy. His work is fluidly written, but reveals ignorance of ...
Their parents, self-made Israeli émigrés Shlomo and Orly Alexander, said this week they would put up bail of “any amount,” up to $1 billion to get their boys out of jail.
Alexander Wang used look-alikes for Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Kylie Jenner in a new ad campaign, furthering a debate about celebrity brands.
The Hikayat Iskandar Zulkarnain ("Romance of Alexander the Two-Horned") is a Malay epic describing fictional exploits of Alexander the Great (Iskandar), identified in the story with Dhu al-Qarnayn. The oldest existing manuscript is dated 1713, but is in a poor state. Another manuscript was copied by Muhammad Cing Sa'idullah about 1830. [16]
Saturday TODAY co-anchor Peter Alexander has just made 20 years at NBC News. In honor of his big anniversary, Alexander’s co-hosts shared a video on TODAY on Aug. 17 that paid homage to the Emmy ...