Alexander the Great: The Rise of Macedonia, 359–323 BC 1841544353, 9781841544359

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous names in history, and he led his armies to the ends of the earth and carve

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Alexander the Great: The Rise of Macedonia, 359–323 BC
1841544353, 9781841544359

The age of Alexander and his conquest of the Persian or ‘Achaemenid’ Empire, which had existed for over two centuries, r

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Sir William Woodthorpe Tam is a Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is t

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Alexander the Great explores the background, personality, and battle tactics of a legendary conqueror, whose prowess in

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This is a Syriac edition, with English translation, of the folk-lore and legends connected to Alexander the Great. This

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Text: English, Armenian (translation)

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Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of M

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The life of Alexander the Great began to be retold from the moment of his death. The Greco-Roman authors used these stor

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The life of Alexander the Great began to be retold from the moment of his death. The Greco-Roman authors used these stor

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‘How can a man become a god?’ So enquired Alexander the Great of the Brahmin sages of India. And how did they reply? ‘By

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First published in 2012. Written by one of the most remarkable and erudite scholars of the early twentieth century, this

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