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

Alexander the Great ascended the Macedonian throne at age 20 and died just 12 years later, having conquered one of the largest empires in the ancient world. During that time, did he father any ...

You've heard of Alexander the Great and all he's accomplished ... stopped working to ensure that her son would ascend to the ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

Alexander of Macedon earned his epithet “Great”—awarded to him in antiquity ... in 335 B.C., during Alexander’s first year on the throne. At age 20 he had succeeded his father, Philip ...

ALEXANDER the Great (356 BCE – 323 BCE ... At just 20 years old, Alexander ascended to the throne after his father’s assassination. Almost immediately, he set out to consolidate his rule ...

Also, their reputation is at stake." James Romm, a classics professor at Bard College and author of Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire ...

who is the author of “Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire.” Mr. Bartsiokas, though, may have undermined his own theory through his reading of ...