Alexander the Great – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:34:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Alexander the Great – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Analyzing the ‘Alexander Mosaic’ from the House of the Faun in Pompeii https://brewminate.com/analyzing-the-alexander-mosaic-from-the-house-of-the-faun-in-pompeii/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:11:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=158021 Though parts of the mosaic have been damaged in the more than two millennia since its creation, much

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The Cult of Asclepius: Alexander the Great and Medicine https://brewminate.com/the-cult-of-asclepius-alexander-the-great-and-medicine/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:05:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=144051 Alexander’s connections with Asclepius and his use of these links to portray himself as a healer. Abstract During

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The Hyphasis Mutiny: Alexander the Great Pushing the Troops too Far https://brewminate.com/the-hyphasis-mutiny-alexander-the-great-pushing-the-troops-too-far/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:07:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=138708 The men reached a consensus; they did not want to follow Alexander further into Indian territory. By Philip

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The Siege and Fall of Ancient Tyre to Alexander the Great in 332 BCE https://brewminate.com/the-siege-and-fall-of-ancient-tyre-to-alexander-the-great-in-332-bce/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:28:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=136831 Alexander, unable to attack from the sea, built causeway stretching out to the island on a natural land

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Alexander the Great: The Royal and Funerary Thrones of Macedonia https://brewminate.com/alexander-the-great-the-royal-and-funerary-thrones-of-macedonia/ Wed, 20 May 2020 20:03:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=124984 In archaic and classical Greece thrones were reserved for the gods and by extension, their priests and priestesses.

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Alexander the Great, the King in Shining Armour https://brewminate.com/alexander-the-great-the-king-in-shining-armour/ Wed, 20 May 2020 20:02:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=124098 Examining the Macedonian king in combat. In his account of the preparations for the battle at Granicus, Arrian

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Coronation of the Diadochi: Monarchic Division after Alexander the Great https://brewminate.com/coronation-of-the-diadochi-monarchic-division-after-alexander-the-great/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:28:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123682 The Hellenistic world which had had no monarch for half a decade after Alexander suddenly had a plethora

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The Ancient Royal Macedonian Tombs at Vergina https://brewminate.com/the-ancient-royal-macedonian-tombs-at-vergina/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:00:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=116663 A new generation of forensics has turned up surprising results and taken us closer to establishing just who

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Hephaestion: Alexander the Great’s Personal Bodyguard and Closest Friend https://brewminate.com/hephaestion-alexander-the-greats-personal-bodyguard-and-closest-friend/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:30:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=116248 Throughout his life, Hephaestion remained close to Alexander, serving both as a valuable advisor and friend. Introduction Hephaestion

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Ancient Greece, from the Peloponnesian War to Alexander the Great https://brewminate.com/ancient-greece-from-the-peloponnesian-war-to-alexander-the-great/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:33:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=107263 Athens after the Peloponnesian War never regained the level of economic and military strength it once had. Introduction

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