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Alexander the Great: Table of Contents
All Articles Short biography Chronology of Alexander' reign Life of Alexander 1: Youth (356-336) Plutarch on the birth of Alexander Plutarch on Bucephalus Plutarch on Alexander and the Persian envoys Plutarch on Aristotle and Alexander Aristotle on Persian court life Diodorus on the battle of Chaeronea The Corinthian League Diodorus on…Alexander's Ancestors
Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the Indus. In the second half of his reign, he had to find a…Alexander's Letter to the Chians
Alexander's Letter to the Chians: letter by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great to the people of the isle of Chios, evidence of his interference in the internal affairs of his allies. …Almyros, Archaeological Museum
In the late 1980s, I was working at the excavation of Hellenistic Halos, a heavily fortified port in southeastern Thessaly. Although I soon discovered that I lacked the qualities to be a good archaeologist, I usually enjoyed my work and…
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Amorges
Our main source for the history of the Peloponnesian War is the Athenian author Thucydides, but he sometimes makes mistakes. One of these is a blind eye for Persian influence on the war. As a consequence, he underestimated the importance…Amphipolis (Ennea Hodoi)
Amphipolis: Greek town in Thrace, colony of Athens, of great strategic importance. Its port was Eïon. Map of Amphipolis and Eïon Human…Amphipolis, Archaeological Museum
Well-kept, modern museum with finds from Amphipolis. There are 20 items in Amphipolis, Archaeological Museum: …
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