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Darius III: The Persian King Who Fought Alexander the Great
One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal ...
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President Trump, by Scaling Back the Federal Bureaucracy, Cuts the Gordian Knot
Even the greatest conservative leader of recent decades, President Reagan, worked to create the conservative side of the ...
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Alexander the Great's half-brother found to be his father – and vice versa
The remains thought to be his father are in fact his half-brother, and vice versa. King Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, was the king of Macedonia from 359 BCE until his assassination in ...
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Greece and Turkey – a Millennium of Warfare — and the Fading West
Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval ...
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King Cothelas of Thrace, an ally of Philip II of Macedon
King Cothelas of Thrace reign is marked by a significant alliance with Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the ...
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Octavian and Mark Antony: Was Cleopatra Behind the Conflict Between the Two Conculs?
Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...