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A quick calendar of events in Alexander’s life that can reasonably be placed in a specific month. Obviously this does not cover everything. May Year ............ Alexander’s age ............ Event 335 ................. 20 ...................... Crossing of the Danube 334 ................. 21 ..........

"Alexander the Great At War" Editor Ruth Sheppard 2008 Osprey Publishing Ltd I very much recommend the earlier part of this book. It provides a clear, concise summary of the basis of Alexander's army, the background history and the opening moves of his Asian campaign. This is the aim of Os...

More money than sense, but I bought this cup from the 2004 movie. It is the poisoned cup passed by Hermolaus to Alexander who throws it from him on realising it is poisoned. It is made of brass and would have tasted horrible to drink from.

Jonathan Hall has a very interesting (and think probably correct) supposition that Tomb II was actually begun for ALEXANDER shortly after his death, then construction halted when Ptolemy stole the body. It was repurposed by Kassandros so he didn't have to pay for a new one, in order to bury Arrhida...

Hi, the forum has been offline for a while. I don't know what happened but Fasthosts managed to fix it, so apologies for that.

At least Philip looks like he could have been a soldier.

If Tomb II is Philip's, the depiction of Philip in the fresco does slightly trouble me. If you are honouring someone, should he not be in the centre of the composition, and not hidden behind the horse's head and off to the left? Yet if Alexander had ordered the fresco, youthful arrogance and ambitio...

Hi, thanks for this. Yes, it does translate into English and zooms in. I still don't like this restoration as it seems rather crude in places eg Alexander's face, the hair, in particular the hair of the axe-wielding figure which looks too bouffant, the three nude figures to the left which seem anato...

463378408_27142126448763984_1900902035491496749_n.jpg Val Kilmer, who played Alexander's father Philip in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004), has sadly passed away. His performance did not do justice to Philip's intelligence and dynamism, but that was not wholly his fault as the script and direction s...

"A young Macedonian in the army of Alexander the Great" by Rev. Alfred J. Church M.A. 1905 A worthy - and fairly accurate - account of Alexander's history up to the burning of Persepolis, told from the point of view of a young officer for the edification of Edwardian schoolboys (the editio...

A quick calendar of events in Alexander’s life that can reasonably be placed in a specific month. Obviously this does not cover everything. April Year ............ Alexander’s age ............ Event 346 ................. 9 ....................... Peace of Philocrates with Athens ratified 331 ..........

Sorry, System1988, this video is not available in the UK so I cannot comment.

I like the ''Napoleon !!!" :D anyway is a really interesting article , but very difficult to tranlate because of the technical terms.I will try to translate the ''substance' of it .They all made a great job , and we have the real colors and some details unknown in the past to us . Great job Th...

Thank you for this, system1988. I am not sure about some of these interpretations, they seem a little off. This one of Alexander looks a bit too much like Napoleon! Screenshot_29-3-2025_133755_www.lifo.gr.jpg Screenshot_29-3-2025_15938_www.lifo.gr.jpeg I thought this one was wearing a diadem, but it...