Alexander the Great
Overview
Alexander, a Macedonian king whose fourth-century B.C. military conquests earned him the name "Alexander the Great," united much of the known world of late a...
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Alexander the Great
356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Macedonian Conqueror
Though the Romans would rule more land, no one man has ever subdued as much territory in as short a period as Alexander the Great, or Alexand...
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Alexander the Great
Born 356 B.C., Pella, Macedonia Died June 1, 313 B.C., Babylon. present-day Iraq
Alexander of Macedonia, better known as Alexander the Great, was one of the greatest military lea...
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was the king of Macedon, the leader of the Corinthian League, and the conqueror of Persia. He succeeded in forging the largest Western empire of the ancient world.With...
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The orient signified a system of representations framed by cultural and political forces that brought the orient into the Western Empire. The east was a mirror image of what was inferior or alien to t...
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In the year 324 BC, Alexander, on the way to Babylon, came to his traditional summer retreat of Ecbatana. There, he held a massive festival in honor of Dionysus in which it is believed up to 3,000 Gr...
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(A) Briefly describe family background and education of Alexander.
Alexander was born in Macedon in 356BC. His mother Olympias was a princess from Epirus, and his father was Philip II, King of Macedo...
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One of the most noted generals and leaders of the BC era is Alexander III of Macedonia. In his lifetime, he conquered almost all of the known world. The known world of this time was only a part of t...
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Alexander undertook the expedition against Persia in 336 BC and by 330 had assumed the title of `Great king' of Asia. However it was not only the hunger for fame and glory of this ambitious Macedonian...
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In the year 356 BC a princess of Epirus gave birth to a baby boy in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. Her name was Olympias and she was not just a princess, but one of the many wives of Phil...
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Alexander The Great of Macedonia lived 356-323BC.He was an respected by his Macedonians and he cared for them. Throught his life as king these attitudes continued some what.He did however become susp...
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This article is about a man named N.G.L. Hammond that believes that Alexander the Great is worthy of his historical status. The article first explains Alexander's great accomplishments in history. T...
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Alexander the Villain
Alexander the Great was a greedy, horrible leader. He did a great deal of things that would be frowned upon today. Alexander the Great was not great at all; he was a voraciou...
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One of the greatest rules in history, Alexander III, aptly named Alexander the Great, conquered and ruled an empire stretching from the Balkans to the Himalayans and from Egypt to the Caspain Sea, alm...
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Alexander the Great was thought to be super-human almost from birth. He was compared to the Greek god, Zeus, and that is what Alexander believed too. It is known that Alexander was born to King Ph...
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One simply can't perceive all the heroic, if not tyrannical, acts of this man and his conquests without being indignant to his mass genocide, or reverent to his military genius. However as many...
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Aristotle was a man who focused on the philosophy of the surrounding world. Alexander the Great was a leader who inherited a throne and embarked on a campaign of conquest. At first glance these tw...
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Astounding Alexander
Alexander the Great led a triumphing life and although he followed Achilles footsteps he had a life of his own filled with victory. He took over an army which conquered close t...
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