Alexander The Great

During these years, Philip II raised Macedon from a provincial frontier into a major power, unifying the kingdom under military rule and establishing the foundations of an empire tha...

Being one of the last remnants of Alexander the Great's Empire, the inhabitants of the Greco-Bactrian Buddhist kingdom preserved Greek culture and heritage for centuries after the de...

The Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC, became the largest and most powerful empire on earth before its conquest by Alexander the Great of Macedon in 330 BC.

They consider themselves true Aryans and descendants of the warriors of the army of Alexander the Great. The women of the tribe have an unusual outfit made of goat fur with many de...

**Political Boundaries**: The boundaries indicated may reflect the political situation during various periods, such as the Assyrian Empire, the Kingdom of Armenia, or the Hellenistic...

Pliny writes that in ancient times people believed that this island was another world. On the side of Alexander the Great, one learned that it was an island and not a continent; his ...

Diogenes was also noted for having publicly mocked Alexander the Great. After being captured by pirates and sold into slavery, Diogenes eventually settled in Corinth.

Among them, the one known as the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great stands out, a rare example with historical decoration - the battle of Issus, where Alexander the Great faced the P...

Greco-Macedonian troops encountered them during Alexander the Great's campaign, and later Hellenistic rulers continued to use them in battle, integrating the animal into Greco-Roman ...

A Hittite settlement existed there from 1400 BC and the land was conquered by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. From the late thirteenth century to the eighteenth century...

For Egypt, this would be the period following its conquest by Alexander the Great, its subsequent rule by the Ptolemaic dynasty, and ultimately as a province of Rome after 30 BC.

This book traces the course of Greek history from the Minoan and Mycenaean kingdoms to the rival city-states of Athens and Sparta to Alexander the Great's empire and the rise of Rome.

Symbol of nobility, wisdom and power, this animal, discovered by the Europeans during the conquests of Alexander the Great, is often represented by Westerners carrying some monumenta...

As stated above, a tall order and a big Gordian Knot. This time not one Alexander The Great would solve by simply cutting through it.

During the late 16th century Ninus (founder of Assyrian empire), Cyrus (founder of Persian empire), Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar are the most represented.

Some believed they were descended from Alexander the Great and his Macedonian invaders. Herodotus mentioned their reputation for barbarity, while Marco Polo described them as ‘crafty...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great both gold and precious and semiprecious stones were abundant.

Warhol was vastly interested in political figures, with his prints such as Mao, Vladimir Lenin and Alexander the Great. However, he was doubly interested in the Kennedy family.

Phillip II of Macedonia He was born in 382 BC, the son of Amyntas III and Eurydice I and was the father of Alexander the Great. He spent several years in his youth.

His drawings of Persepolis , a city destroyed by Alexander the Great , caused a sensation. The mayor of Amsterdam Nicolaes Witsen and a member of the Royal Society probably asked him...

A Hittite settlement existed there from 1400 BC and the land was conquered by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. From the late thirteenth century to the eighteenth century...

For example, we see ALEXANDRE - Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, CÉSAR - Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman general, PALLAS - Pallas Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, DAVID - King Davi...

- Siege of Tyre (332 BCE): Alexander the Great famously used innovative siege techniques, including movable towers, to conquer the island city of Tyre. 2.

- Siege of Tyre (332 BCE): Alexander the Great famously used innovative siege techniques, including movable towers, to conquer the island city of Tyre. 2.

A Hittite settlement existed there from 1400 BC, and the land was conquered by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. From the late thirteenth century to the eighteenth centur...

A helmet with a crest very similar to that in our drawing appears in another painting by Giulio Romano executed before 1536, depicting Alexander the Great (10th photo of the gallery)...

Even in the time of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, significant innovations were evident in Greek jewelry, but it was the conquests of his son at the end of the ...

Sitting on black obsidian base, the solid rock crystal slab is finely applied with a lapis lazuli half-horse with harness mounted in 18k gold and brilliant cut diamonds, between two ...

Sitting on black obsidian base, the solid rock crystal slab is finely applied with a lapis lazuli half-horse with harness mounted in 18k gold and brilliant cut diamonds, between two ...

This coin is in the name and type of Alexander III 'the Great' of Macedon. This coin has been inspected and approved to be authentic by a professional Numismatic who specializes in a...

., from the reign of Alexander III, The Great. On the obverse side, the head of Athena right facing, wearing an earring, necklace, and crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with coile...

Stolz was well connected to the artistic elite of Vienna, and was friends with Alexander Rothaug, the great illustrator and symbolist painter and with Josef Matthias Hauer, a compose...

Zeus Ammon became a cult god in the Greek colony of Cyrenaica (present day Libya), and Alexander the Great visited the sanctuary of Zeus Ammon in 331 BC, where the oracle proclaimed ...

This flexible bracelet decorates Hercules Knot, the symbol of strength, healing, and protection, and a replica of the Alexander The Great coin. Bracelet has a strong and very secure ...

A fantastic image of Alexander the Great!