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I read somewhere that Alexander's helmet of the movie was copied from Alexander's mosaic of Pompeii. In this mosaic Alexander wears no helmet, but one lion head-shaped helmet lies under the hoofs of Alexander's horse. From this model is shaped Alexander's helmet in the first battle of the movie.

Alexander's words are taken from Alexander Romance (1, 20, 2): this quote is by no means an invention of Oliver Stone, neither reflects Macedonian or Greek customs of IV century B.C.

Generally I hate theme parks: the ones I ever saw were totally artificial. The best one can tell after visiting them is that they are terribly funny...

I never said that there were no Philip's generals at all in Alexander's Balkan expedition; I only mentioned the most famous Antipater and Parmenio. I neither said there were no other good Philip's general, or official (or even soldier) in Alexander's Army: indeed I think Alexander's Army were the sa...

Yes I think the Etrurian goldsmith's art is truly magnificent, nevertheless I know a lot of Greek golden manufactured goods (like those in Taranto or in Salonika Museums) that aren't less gorgeous indeed!

If there was ever a general who fought (and won) in a lot of different terrains, Alexander was the one! I beg Xenophon to watch the Balkan expedition in 335: there were no Philip's generals (Antipater was in Pella, Parmenio in Asia Minor), yet Alexander won the worst enemies of Macedon, who defeated...

This exibition is very impressive. I like mostly the way of putting jewels and other ornaments on a feminine frame: the show is magnificent!
Thank you for posting these links!

I totally agree with Paralus: the Livy "digression is excellent Roman nationalism/propaganda", so it is unfit to be used for historical purposes. As to the question about the best general of all the ancient ones, there are two interesting quotes from Lucian ('True History' 2,9, and 'Dialog...

I read long ago the whole chapter of Toynbee's "If Alexander the Great had lived", and found it very interesting. This article covers only a small portion of Alexander's further conquests, and by no means the most important one. Had Alexander lived on thirty years more, as Toynbee imagined...

But in the upper link you refer to it is clearly said that R.Bascapè (1580-99) a student of Michelangelo, "restored the horse's head, legs, and tail, as well as lion's rear parts".
So the nails belong to the Renaissance restoration!

Really amazing and frightful! I knew very well of the 'apotympanismos', but it's entirely another thing to see actual bodies of men so punished. Thanks for reminding us how harsh may be 'dear old times'!

I found this quote on Plutarch,On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander, 345 B: "He (Alexander) cried aloud to his Companions (when wounded by the Mallians): 'Let no one be faint-hearted even for my sake! For it will not be believed that I do not fear death, if you fear death for me!'." B...

Yesterday I saw a Japanese movie on Genghis Khan (2007, directed by Shin'ichiro Sawai). After seeing the horses on the movie, anyone, I think, would be able to imagine the real Hellenistic horses: the Mongolian ones IMHO are very similar, in shape and size, to their Hellenic (i.e. old Asian) ancesto...

Thank you for posting this item. I think the lecture at BM was the same or, at least, based on a paper of the same scholar I found and downloaded here in pothos.org (Alexander the coss-dresser? by marcus, Thu.Sep 20, 2012, 5.03 pm.; article by Antony Spawforth,"The Pamphleteer Ephippus, King Al...

I'm glad that cenotaph was a conjecture of mine too!