There are around 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic, but where did they come from?
Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost site where Alexander the Great achieved his first major ... The battle of 90,000 men saw Alexander's Macedonian army face the formidable Persian force ...
The young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of ... scholar and explorer, Alexander led his army a further 11,000 miles ...
Following the mutiny of his army, Alexander the Great was forced to abandon his eastward march. In response, he turned his ...
“By the end the army was mainly Iranian ... he says. Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a ...
In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III.
Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip ... But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist. Two thousand years on, we still largely believe ‘his’ side ...