He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
The opening of the royal palace of Aigai to the public in 2024 reignited global interest in the life and legacy of Alexander ...
Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his ... Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images In fact, says Briant, there’s a simple reason why, 2,000 years on, we talk about Alexander but not Cyrus the Great, who founded the ...