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1 day ago · Alexander the Last is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Joe Swanberg and starring Jess Weixler, Justin Rice, Barlow Jacobs, and Amy Seimetz. The film is about a married actress and her sister. The film premiered in 2009 and was released on DVD in 2010.
Jul 10, 2024 · In June Alexander fought his last great battle on the left bank of the Hydaspes. He founded two cities there, Alexandria Nicaea (to celebrate his victory) and Bucephala (named after his horse Bucephalus, which died there); and Porus became his ally.
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4 days ago · Account of Alexander's victory over the last Achaemenid king Darius III at the battle of Gaugamela on 1 October 331 BC and his triumphant entry into Babylon, in cuneiform. Babylon, Iraq. British Museum. Alexander crossed the Euphrates in the summer of 331 BC.
2 days ago · Reigning for 275 years, the Ptolemaic was the longest and last dynasty of ancient Egypt from 305 BC until its incorporation into the Roman Republic in 30 BC. Ptolemy, a general and one of the somatophylakes (bodyguard companions) of Alexander the Great, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323
1 day ago · Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great (l. 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE, r. 336-323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BCE) who became king upon his father's death in 336 BCE and then conquered most of the known world of his day.
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Jul 16, 2024 · Kousser has subtitled her book “The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great” and writes that “Historians pass over these years quickly, or highlight only a few lurid incidents”, that these final years of Alexander are “neglected”.
Jul 14, 2024 · Nonfiction. Think Our Political Leaders Are Selfish? Imagine Working for Alexander the Great. In a new telling of the Macedonian leader’s final years, Rachel Kousser shows what happened when...
