Alexander the great

Alexander the great in battle

March toward Babylon: As we approached the Heart of Persia, I knew that I was on the brink of catching Darius. His army stood in our way once again, but I was confident that my army could achieve a decisive victory. I led my soldiers through the unforgiving terrain of Anatolia and down into Egypt,

The Great Man Theory of History ➡️ History is not shaped by the masses. It has and always will be great men of energy who direct the course of history. Alexander, Caesar, Christ, Newton, Tesla, Jobs and most recently, Satoshi. It is these men, by their sheer force of character and will, that bend the arc of destiny toward themselves, and in doing so, shape what we look back on as history. ➡️ The modern world wants you to believe it is the average man who matters. Like much else, modern...

Alexander's phalanx of Elite Hypaspist. When Alexander crossed to Asia in 334 BCE he had with him three battalions of hypaspists, each of 1,000 men. Their overall commander was Nicanor, son of Parmenion. Nicanor died (of natural causes) in 330 BCE; Alexander appointed Seleucusas their new commander.

Hellenistic period, mid-late 2nd c. BCE Found at Manisa (ancient Magnesia ad Sipylum; see on Pleiades), Lydia, Anatolia In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum Inv. 709 T (Mendel 536) arachne.dainst.org/entity/1067816

Excavations in northern Greece are revealing the world that shaped the future king

Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BC) By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world. He is considered one of history's most successful commanders

Euphranor, Group Philip and Alexander the Great in Quadriga, Roman copy, det. Alexander's Head, c.338-36 BCE

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