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It is alleged that the mounds were built quickly, despite the engineers' belief they could not be completed due to the nature of Gaza's fortifications. [ 8 ] One day during the siege, the Gazans made a sortie against enemy siege equipment constructed on site, and Alexander led his shield bearing guards into counterattack. [ 3 ]
Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 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.
The siege of Tyre was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians.The Macedonian army was unable to capture the city, which was a strategic coastal base on the Mediterranean Sea, through conventional means because it was on an island and had walls right up to the sea.
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 ...
It was mostly built by Alexander the Great’s father Philip II of Macedonia in the 4th century BCE. “It is the place where Alexander the Great was crowned king, a short while after his father ...
This list contains settlements established or re-established on the order of Alexander the Great himself, often in his presence and always before his death in 323 BC.It does not include any posthumous foundations or refoundations; nor does it include settlements which only claimed a relationship to the Macedonian king.
Alexandria Eschate (Attic Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη, Doric Greek: Αλεχάνδρεια Ἐσχάτα, romanized: Alexandria Eschata, "Furthest Alexandria") was a city founded by Alexander the Great, at the south-western end of the Fergana Valley (modern Tajikistan) in August 329 BC. [1]
The Citadel of Farah (Pashto ; Dari: ارگ فراه), also known as the Citadel of Alexander, and locally known as Shar-e-Farahdun.When Alexander the Great invaded the area it was known as Prophthasia in Drangiana: the Drangian capital Phrada was just renamed in October 330; 'Prophthasia' means 'Anticipation', modern Farâh, Afghanistan.