When you think about the typical milestones of a seventeen-year-old, completing high school or learning how to drive usually ...

He survived battlefield wounds and conquered an empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India. So when Alexander the Great finally died, why was there no plan for succession?

God, King, Man’ reconstructs the Macedonian’s brilliant, violent life through ancient texts, archaeology, and myth.

Alexander the Great expands his empire into Asia, blending Greek and Asian cultures. Alexander the Great is raised by his father and his tutor, Aristotle, to be a great leader. He leads his impressive ...

The former king of Macedonia built a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and even part of India. Alexander the Great lived a short life even by the standards of his time. The former ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on Alexander as we discuss how he managed to conquer Persia. Alexander the Great’s ...

The military feats of Alexander the Great were legendary in the ancient world. In his short and eventful life—Alexander died at just 32 years old—the Macedonian Greek king toppled the mighty Persians ...

In a new telling of the Macedonian leader’s final years, Rachel Kousser shows what happened when dreams of conquest met reality. A 16th-century depiction of Alexander the Great commissioned for the ...

Alexander the Great has transcended history as one of the greatest conquerors and strategists, who managed to form an empire that covered a good part of Europe and Asia under his command. He and his ...

(CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India — over 2,000 ...