Following the mutiny of his army, Alexander the Great was forced to abandon his eastward march. In response, he turned his ...

Peritas the legendary dog followed Alexander the Great on the path to glory, fighting alongside his master and saving his ...

But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist. Two thousand years on, we still largely believe ‘his’ side of the story. He even linked himself to Homer’s mythical hero Achilles ...

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost site where Alexander the Great achieved his first major ... and marked the start of the 21-year-old general's campaign to conquer Asia Minor.

grow up to be Alexander the Great. Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child of the Greek golden age. His father hired the great philosopher ...