You’ve heard of Alexander the Great and all he’s accomplished, but little is mentioned of his mother. The woman who […] ...

When Alexander the Great passed away, his son, Alexander IV, was still in his mother's womb, making his succession a web of intrigue.

The speech is taken from the 'Anabasis of Alexander' (Book VII Chapter X), written around 130 AD by the Roman/Greek historian Arrian. Arrian had access to eyewitness accounts which are now lost ...

Philip was assassinated in 336 BC and Alexander inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom. He quickly dealt with his enemies at home and reasserted Macedonian power within Greece. He then set out ...

Before presidential addresses and social media, ancient rulers used coins as a form of marketing to reach their people in ...

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals ... We know about Alexander through many historical texts, including those from the Greek historians Plutarch and Diodorus of Sicily.

Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child of the Greek golden age. His father hired the great philosopher, Aristotle, and asked him to ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists ...

A resident discovered the 80-centimeter (31-inch) headless statue beside a trash bin in Neoi Epivates, outside Greece’s second ... the conquests of Alexander the Great. The statue was sent ...

The Koine Greek language was another phase of the development of the Greek language which was spread throughout the Middle East by the King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great! The language became ...

A Roman mosaic in Alter do Chão, Portugal, depicts Alexander the Great's clash with King Porus—one of only three such mosaics ...