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Tag: Alexander the Great
Various sources reference that Alexander the Great considered himself a Macedonian Greek representing all Greeks.…
A detailed examination of the history of Alexander the Great in India, particularly in Malana…
Alexandros (or Alexander), a popular name for many races, is the Latin variant of the…
Alexander the Great came as an invader to India and the legacy he left behind…
Cleopatra used it to infuse her bathwater, while Alexander the Great bathed his battle wounds with it and drank saffron tea. Saffron, the gold of Greek land as it is called, is considered the best quality worldwide.
Spyros Bibilas was invited to the [email protected] show and gave a full interview. The actor…
November 12, 333 BC. The second triumph of M. Alexander over the Persians, after Granikos, in the Battle of Issus. This time, his opponent was their king himself, Darius III, who panicked and fled in disorder. Losses of Persians 30,000, Greeks 7,000
A 2,200-year-old Greek bathhouse dating to the second half of the third century B.C. have…
On this day, we commemorate the Battle of Issus. On November 5, 333 B.C., near…
On this day in 1912, the commander of the 8th Turkish army corps, Hasan Tahsin Pasha, signed the protocol officially surrendering Thessaloniki to the advancing Greek Army during the First Balkan War.
The Battle of Gaugamela (1st October 331 BCE, also known as the Battle of Arbela)…
An enormous fortress wall has been discovered hidden underneath an ancient burial mound from over…
Everything You Didn’t Know About Alexander the Great in Ancient Egypt. “You must find a…
Alexander the Great, otherwise referred to as the “King of Kings” was born on July…
For six centuries, the body of Alexander the Great lay in a monumental tomb in…
Alexander III of Macedon, or more commonly known as Alexander the Great, succeeded his father…
On June 10, 323 BC in the late evening, after battling an unknown illness for…
It is said that Alexander the Great slept with Homer’s ‘Iliad’ under his pillow and…
Alexander the Great is one of the most extraordinary individuals in history. He became king…