Persepolis was conceived by the Achaemenid monarchs as a showcase for the world. Abstract The present work...
Alexander the Great
Examining the ethnicity of the persons who surrounded the king. In the more than half a century...
The rhetoric of the Persian Wars was central to Alexander’s goal of forging panhellenic unity. Introduction In...
Alexander was imbued with a belief in his own special nature. Alexander the Great was religiously both...
The Macedonian empire connected the center of the known world, with the vast, foreign, and “exotic” East....
A fresh power struggle began in Central Asia and a new era of adjustment and cultural assimilation...
The men reached a consensus; they did not want to follow Alexander further into Indian territory. By...
Alexander, unable to attack from the sea, built causeway stretching out to the island on a natural...
In archaic and classical Greece thrones were reserved for the gods and by extension, their priests and...
The Hellenistic world which had had no monarch for half a decade after Alexander suddenly had a...
Throughout his life, Hephaestion remained close to Alexander, serving both as a valuable advisor and friend. Introduction...
Darius took personal command of his army for this encounter and led them to a resounding defeat....
It was here, against all odds, that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia...
Alexander the Great pushed east into Mesopotamia with the intention of bringing Darius to battle. Introduction After...
The attack had been six years in the making, and still, the Persians were not fully prepared....
After looting its treasures, Alexander burned the great palace and surrounding city to the ground, as Xerxes...
Alexander the Great’s cause of death has been contentious since antiquity. By Nathan Gamble (left) and...
The detail of the Alexander Mosaic showing Alexander the Great / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Frank L. Holt / 04.16.2018...
By Dr. Joshua J. Mark / 03.07.2018 Professor of Philosophy Marist College Alexandria is a port city located on the...
Initial P: Alexander the Great Carried Aloft by Griffins, about 1300, unknown artist, in the Historia Scholastica. The J....
An aerial view of the Ancient Thracian mound which has turned out to hide the ruins of...