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Shortly after the death of Cleopatra, Alexander's tomb was visited by Augustus, who is said to have placed flowers on the tomb and a golden diadem upon Alexander's head. [41] By the 4th century AD, the location of Alexander's body was no longer known; later authors, such as Ibn Abd al-Hakam , Al-Masudi and Leo Africanus , report having seen ...
Cleitus the Black (Ancient Greek: Κλεῖτος ὁ μέλας; c. 375 BC – 328 BC) was an officer of the Macedonian army led by Alexander the Great.He saved Alexander's life at the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC and was killed by him in a drunken quarrel six years later.
The History of Alexander, also known as Perì Aléxandron historíai, [1] is a lost work by the late-fourth century BC Hellenistic historian Cleitarchus, covering the life and death of Alexander the Great. It survives today in around thirty fragments [2] and is commonly known as The Vulgate, with the works based on it known as The Vulgate ...
Alexander the Great may have been killed by Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological condition in which a person's own immune system attacks them, says one medical researchers. The condition ...
In 48 BC, Alexander's tomb in Alexandria was visited by Caesar. [5] To finance her war against Octavian, Cleopatra VII took gold from the tomb. [13] Shortly after the death of Cleopatra, Alexander's resting place was visited by Augustus, who is said to have placed flowers on the tomb and a golden diadem upon Alexander's head. [3]
Egyptian archaeologists on Wednesday pried open a mysterious, 30-ton black sarcophagus, where they found three skeletons.
Four versions of the film exist, the initial theatrical cut and three home video director's cuts: the "Director's Cut" in 2005, the "Final Cut" in 2007, and the "Ultimate Cut" in 2014. The two earlier DVD versions of Alexander ("director's cut" version and the theatrical version) sold over 3.5 million copies in the United States. [5]
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