When Alexander the Great visited the tomb of Cyrus of Persia, he found it ransacked and ordered that the tomb be restored.

On the other, horse-powered warfare brought countless civilizations to their knees. Think of Alexander the Great astride Bucephalus, General Washington and his mount Blueskin, or Wellington ...

The horse was called Bucephalus and the boy would, of course, grow up to be Alexander the Great. Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child ...