Alexander the Great's cavalry was an elite military force but they may also have been the first to stumble upon Himalayan ...

The story of Bucephalus and Alexander has endured through the ages. This bond has been inspiring countless works of art, literature, and popular culture for centuries. The name of this horse has ...

Born in 356 BCE in Pella, Alexander the Great became one of history's most ... (Persia), provides a particular perspective on his conquests. "What differentiates Alexander," Briant observes ...

For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...

Conquering ninety percent of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) led his armies through twenty-two thousand miles of sieges and conquests in just eight ...

The Hellenistic world is that world that was created after the conquests of the near east by Alexander the Great at the end of the fourth century B.C. And his conquest, which extended from India ...

that war - however horrible - is one of the great change-makers in human history. He takes a look at stories of Alexander’s childhood and upbringing, his imperial conquests and the legacy of his ...