While Stone's movie had focused a fair bit over Alexander's obsession with being the Son of God and his increasing obsession over himself and his glories, this version again made those themes look superbly examined in Stone's version. However, one thing's for certain, Richard Burton, even ...
Timeline of events in the life of Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia. In his short life (356–323 BCE) he conquered an enormous range of lands—from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to parts of India—and gave a
Meanwhile certain antagonisms had developed against Alexander; in Greece, for instance, many decried his execution of Aristotle's nephew, the historian Callisthenes, and his other acts of seemingly senseless murder; and the Greek cities resented his request that they treat him as a god. ...
List of some of the major achievements of Alexander the Great. Among the greatest generals the world has ever known, Alexander conquered a vast range of territory—stretching from the Mediterranean to the Punjab—and in the process became a legendary her
Baba then gave strange nicknames to some of the men mandali: Boribunder, an Indian port; Bunder, meaning Monkey; Cylinder (of an engine); Dalindar, meaning Hopeless; Grinder, Plunder, and Sikandar in honor of Alexander the Great; Wonder and others. He gave himself a new nickname, Samand...
in token of their yielding a general submission to his authority.Alexander returned very gracious replies, and expressed to them hisintention of coming to Tyre for the purpose of offering sacrifices, ashe said, to Hercules, a god whom the Tyrians worshiped.The Tyrians knew that wherever ...
This was Alexander's great strategy, he charged headlong at the enemy and killed them all in combat. When compared to the other great generals of the world it becomes laughable that Alexander is considered a great general, or a tactical master. Alexander was an amazing commander in that he ...
he was an absolute monarch and his subjects would bow to the ground to show him their utmost respect. The fact that Alexander tolerated and even seemed to approve of this behavior angered the Greek and the Macedonians, who were disgusted by anyone who tried to “make himself a god”. Still...
The olfactory detail was part of a tradition, begun during Alexander’s lifetime, of ascribing godlike attributes to the conquering king. Alexander himself openly called himself Son of Zeus during a visit to Siwah in 331 B.C. History Lists: Ancient Empire Builders 6. After defeating the ...
old son in charge of Macedonia while he was away on campaign, Cartledge wrote in his book "Alexander the Great" (Overlook Press, 2004). Alexander took advantage of the opportunity by defeating a Thracian people called the Maedi and founding "Alexandroupolis," a city he named after himself. ...