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Feb 8, 2024 · As shown in Alexander: The Making of a God, Alexander the Great was married to two other women over his lifetime, as polygamy was considered to be normal in Macedonia.The daughter of King Darius, Stateira, and her mother had been captured by the Macedonian army after the battle of Issus in 333.
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Sep 17, 2007 · Alexander, showing great sagacity, did not pursue Darius immediately. He wanted first to secure his conquests on the eastern side of the Aegean, which meant having to deal with the powerful Persian navy. To neutralize that fleet, Alexander spent the 12 months that followed Issus seizing ports on the western Asiatic seaboard.
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- Alexander's Youth
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- Alexander's Death
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When Alexander was young, he was taught to fight and ride by Leonidas of Epirus, a relative of his mother Olympias, as well as to endure hardships such as forced marches. His father, Philip, was interested in cultivating a refined future king and so hired Lysimachus of Acarnania to teach the boy reading, writing, and to play the lyre. This tutelage...
Alexander's military prowess was first noted at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE. Although only 18 years old, he helped turn the tide of battle in the decisive Macedonian victory which defeated the Greek allied city-states. When Philip II was assassinated in 336 BCE, Alexander assumed the throne, and with the Greek city-states now united under Ma...
In 331 BCE, Alexander met King Darius III again on the battlefield at Gaugamela (also called the Battle of Arbela), where, once again facing overwhelming numbers, he decisively defeated Darius III who fled the field. Alexander then moved on to take Babylon and Susawhich surrendered unconditionally without resistance. In the winter of 330, Alexander...
In 327 BCE, with the Persian Empire firmly under his control and newly married to the Bactrian noblewoman Roxana (l. c. 340 to c. 310 BCE), Alexander turned his attention to India. Having heard of the exploits of the great Macedonian general, the Indian King Omphis of Taxilasubmitted to his authority without a fight, but the Aspasioi and Assakenoi ...
While still processing the grief of Hephaestion's death, Alexander returned to Babylon in 323 BCE with plans for expanding his empire but he would never realize them. He died at Babylon at the age of 32 on 10 or 11 June 323 BCE after suffering ten days of high fever. Theories concerning his cause of death have ranged from poisoning to malaria to me...
His longtime comrade, Cassander, would order the execution of Alexander's wife Roxana, Alexander's son by her, and Alexander's mother Olympias to consolidate his power as the new King of Macedonia (a title he would later lose to Antigonus I and his heirs). Ptolemy I is said to have stolen Alexander's corpse as it was en route to Macedon and spirite...
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Nov 9, 2009 · Alexander was just 16 when Philip went off to battle and left his son in charge of Macedonia. In 338 B.C., Alexander saw the opportunity to prove his military worth and led a cavalry against the ...
Nov 24, 2011 · The Battle of Issus, on 5 November 333 BCE, was Alexander the Great 's second battle against the Persian army and the first direct engagement with King Darius III, near the village of Issus in southern modern-day Turkey. It was a major victory for Alexander, defeating the Achaemenid Empire and causing Darius III to flee the battlefield.
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Oct 24, 2022 · He decisively defeated the Great Persian King Darius III at the Battle of Gaugamela – on 1 October 331 BC – paving the way for Alexander to take control of the Persian Empire’s key administrative centres: first Babylon, then Susa, then Persepolis in Persia itself and, finally, Ecbatana. With this, Alexander had indisputably conquered the ...
The Battle of Gaugamela ( / ˌɡɔːɡəˈmiːlə / GAW-gə-MEE-lə; Ancient Greek: Γαυγάμηλα, romanized : Gaugámēla, lit. 'the Camel's House'), also called the Battle of Arbela ( Ἄρβηλα, Árbēla ), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III.
