Alexander The Great

[SElizabeth]

Very interesting, Thank you!

 

[CyrilVladisla]

It was informative to learn that Alexander renamed a city in India for Bucephalus the wild horse.
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[Roslyn]

He founded another city in honour of his favourite dog: Peritas.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Who Killed Alexander the Great?

Who Killed Alexander the Great? | History Today

 

[Meraude]

I remember reading a trilogy on Alexander and in it, the soldiers addressed him by his name. This was a fictional work,though, so I'm not sure how much truth it contains

Could it be Mary Renault's books? She wrote "Fire from Heaven", about his childhood and youth, "The Persian Boy", about Alexander's conquest of Persia narrated by Bagoas, a Persian boy who became Alexander's lover, and the third book is "Funeral Games", about Alexander's successors after his death. She has also written a non-fiction biography, "The Nature of Alexander". I can recommend all four books, they are well written and give a good, if not entirely true/neutral, picture of Alexander and his time, and she was knowledgeable about the ancient Greek world.

 

[An Ard Ri]

8 Surprising Facts about Alexander the Great

8 Surprising Facts about Alexander the Great — HISTORY Lists

 

[An Ard Ri]

Who Killed Alexander the Great?

Who Killed Alexander the Great? | History Today

 

[eya]

Archeologists uncover mysterius sarcophagus. Maybe Alexander the Great?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/988872/egypt-tomb-sarcophagus-Alexander-the-Great-Giza-Plateau

 

[M. Payton]

Thank you Eya for the info, as always I love the news on ancient history and this is such a find for the world. I honestly believe there is so much left to find and so much still deeply hidden in Egypt never to be found.

 

[Samvel Magrdini]

Thank you Eya for the info, as always I love the news on ancient history and this is such a find for the world. I honestly believe there is so much left to find and so much still deeply hidden in Egypt never to be found.

Most of our history knowledge is eternally lost in egypt with the fire of alexandrian library. 10,000 years of history lost, including works about Alexander the Great.

 

[eya]

New theory about the death of Alexander the Great!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...as-mystery-Alexander-Greats-death-solved.html

 

[An Ard Ri]

As far as I'm aware his remains were never discovered so I'd take that DM theory with a pinch of salt.

 

[Iluvbertie]

It isn't the DM's theory. The DM is simply reporting the theory of a scientist, Dr Katherine Hall from the Dunedin School of Medicine, in New Zealand.

This is a link to the Fox News report from 4 days ago https://www.foxnews.com/science/ale...-offers-new-theory-on-what-killed-famed-ruler. The DM seem to have picked up the story.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Alexander the Great founding Alexandria
http://www.alamy.com/alexander-the-great-founding-alexandria-image68141506.html