Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
While Alexander worried that his father would leave him "no great or brilliant achievement to be displayed to the world", [222] he also downplayed his father's achievements to his companions. [221] Alexander's mother Olympia similarly had huge ambitions, and encouraged her son to believe it was his destiny to conquer the Persian Empire. [221]
Alexander was born in 356 BC, the same year as Philip's racehorse won at the Olympic Games. [19] During 356 BC, Philip conquered the town of Crenides and changed its name to Philippi. He then established a powerful garrison there to control its mines, which yielded much of the gold he later used for his campaigns.
Bust depicting Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. Antipater was a right hand man to Philip II, [14] often serving as regent when Philip was away on campaign. When Thrace again threatened Macedon's northern border in 340 BC, Antipater campaigned in the area and turned over the regency to a teenage Alexander the Great. [18]
The Palace of Aigai was built by Alexander the Great’s father, Phillip II, and completed in 336 B.C., officials said. Alexander was proclaimed king of Macedonia in the monumental complex that ...
In Tomb II, greaves that many archaeologists had argued belong to Philip II could also belong to Eurydice or Alexander the Great, according to Antonios Bartsiokas. [11] Bartsiokas, one of the lead authors in the 2015 study identifying Philip as the occupant of Tomb I, explained that Eurydice was a warrior who fought in many battles and could ...
In the 1956 Richard Burton film Alexander the Great, he was played by Stanley Baker. [12] In the 1990 and 1991 historical fiction books Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince by David Gemmell. Attalus is portrayed as an assassin, swordsman and later general of Philip II of Macedonia. [13] In the 2004 film Alexander, Attalus was portrayed by actor Nick ...
Wives of Alexander the Great (3 P) Pages in category "Family of Alexander the Great" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Alexander the Great (BC 356–323), also known as Sikandar-i-Azam; Alauddin Khalji (1266–1316), Sultan of Delhi, who minted coins using the title Sikandar-e-Sani (The Second Alexander) Sikandar Khan Ghazi (14th century), Vizier of Sylhet; Abul Mujahid Sikandar Shah (died 1390), Sultan of Bengal; Sikandar Shah Miri Butshikan (1353–1413 ...