Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

Which is why Rachel Kousser’s new biography, “Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great,” is a breath of fresh air on its subject. Kousser neatly ...

Alexander III of Macedon, commonly referred to as Alexander the Great, became the king of Macedon at the young age of 20. Although he only reigned for a short 12 years, during his time as king ...

Alexander the Great and Cyrus the Great had distinct ... Most importantly of all, though, Alexander's fortune was more personal than Cyrus’s, as he directly benefited from the plunder and ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his ... Essentially a novel based on his life, it was translated into languages including Arabic ...

That was the recurrent, ultimately insurmountable, challenge faced by the empire-building Macedonian king Alexander the Great during the last seven years of his life, a tumultuous period now under ...