Alexander the Great lived a short life even by the standards of his time. The former king of Macedonia died mysteriously at the age of 32, though he had already conquered much of the civilized world ...

At the age of 32, the famed Macedonian king Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C.E. Shortly after his death, his impressive empire, which stretched from the Balkans to modern-day ...

This empire collapsed shortly after his death, with his generals and officials carving it up into different kingdoms. But how did Alexander the Great die? The answer has been a long-standing ...

Stock image of a statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki ... accounts of the death of Philip, who was assassinated shortly after his wife, Cleopatra, gave birth. Cleopatra and the baby ...

The rest is world history: by the time he died in 323bc, Alexander the Great commanded an empire stretching from Egypt to the Hindu Kush. A new museum that opened on December 19th explores his ...

Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian king remembered as “the Great,” has frequently been ... near-misses and anticlimactic death. With ‘Compton in My Soul,’ Albert M.

Alexander the Great was a young and brief emperor, and after his death his empire began to crumble almost immediately. Many facets of his life, great battles and conquests are well-known ...

Alexander the Great, though a brilliant military strategist, left behind an empire that quickly fragmented after his death in 323 BCE. Known for his ambition, vision, and sometimes ruthless ...