Alexander the Great: Directed by Robert Rossen. With Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones. The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.
Alexander the Great’s military tactics and strategies are still studied in military academies today. From his first victory at age 18, Alexander gained a reputation of leading his men to battle with impressive speed, allowing smaller forces to reach and break the enemy lines before his foes wer...
Alexander the Great(born 356bce, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13, 323bce, Babylon [near Al-Ḥillah, Iraq]) was thekingofMacedonia(336–323bce), who overthrew thePersian empire, carried Macedonian arms toIndia, and laid the foundations for theHellenisticworl...
As the story goes, Alexander fell in love with Roxane on sight. He married her despite her Sogdian heritage and she joined him on his journey. Alexander Enters India Ancient Empires: Alexander in India In 327 B.C., Alexander marched on Punjab, India. Some tribes surrendered peacefully; other...
Alexander of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was born in July of 356 B.C.E born to Phillip of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus, in the ancient city of Pella. Alexander had succeeded his father at the tender age of twenty. Phillip II of Macedon did not get the chance to...
The Macedonian army struggled in 326 BC in the land they called India ( Afghanistan and Pakistan now ) as they moved farther east .After winning a difficult battle , Alexander continued on through India . He was badly injured along the way but manag...
Alexan′der the Great′ n. 356–323 B.C., king of Macedonia 336–323: conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian Empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random Hou...
Despite his men’s fatigue, and the fact that he was far from home, Alexander pressed on into a land that the Greeks called "India" (what is now present-day Pakistan). Plutarch explained in "The Life of Alexander the Great" that he made an alliance with a local ruler named Taxiles,...
These books are "Alexander: The Conqueror," by Laura Foreman, "Alexander the Great: The Death of a God," by Paul Doherty, "Alexander the Great: Murder in Babylon," by Graham Phillips and "The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great,...
By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India — over 2,000 years ago. Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Grea...