Macedon
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Curtius Rufus on Alexander killing Batis
Achilles dishonors the corpse of Hector Alexander captured Gaza in November 332. The Persian garrison had acted bravely and it had…Curtius Rufus on Alexander's stay in Carmania
In the winter of 325/324, Alexander stayed in Carmania, after a long and very difficult march though the Gedrosian desert, which had cost many lives. When the Macedonian army reached Carmania, however, there was an end to their suffering, and…Curtius Rufus on the Bactrian desert
In the Spring of 329, Alexander crossed the large desert between the city Bactra (Balkh, near modern Mazâr-e Sharîf) and the river Oxus in pursuit of the Persian leader Bessus. The best description of the death march is that of…Curtius Rufus on the election of Arrhidaeus
At the end of book ten his History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Quintus Curtius Rufus describes what happened in the days following Alexander's death: Perdiccas was chosen as regent for Alexander's brother Arrhidaeus. The regency was necessary, because…Curtius Rufus on the Hindu Kush
Quintus Curtius Rufus (†53 CE): Roman senator, author of an important History of Alexander the Great.In the Spring of 329, Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush from Gandara to Bactria in order to pursue the Persian leader Bessus. The best description…Curtius Rufus on the rape of the Babylonian women
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. He had promised that the houses of the city would be left intact, but this did not mean that the women of Babylon…Cynoscephalae (197 BCE)
Battle of Cynoscephalae: decisive battle during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BCE), in which the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus overcame the Macedonian king Philip V. …
Cynoscephalae, Possible location of the battle |
Cyrene, Trajanic Baths, Alexander the Great |
Delos, Portrait of Alexander the Great |
Demetrius Poliorcetes |
Demetrius I Poliorcetes |