Join us as we compare Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great across five crucial categories: rise to power, military accomplishments, ... especially in battles like Gaugamela[b].

A rchaeologists have uncovered the long-lost site where Alexander the Great achieved his first major victory in battle. It took place against the Persians in 334 BC, and marked the start of the 21 ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

A mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii—dating from around 100 B.C.—that depicts Alexander the Great. Archaeologists have identified the site where one of the legendary ...

The Battle of Granicus is the best-preserved site fought upon by Alexander the Great. (By contrast, a city now sits atop the site of 333 B.C.E.’s Battle of Issus, where Alexander defeated Persia ...

Researchers may have finally identified the site where Alexander the Great fought the Battle of the Granicus against the Persian Empire. The site is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) north of the city of ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

Her story begins in 330 B.C. just before the assassination of the Persian king Darius III, whom Alexander defeated at the Battle of Gaugamela the previous year, and concludes with Alexander’s ...