He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Born in 356 BCE in Pella, Alexander the Great became one of history's most renowned figures ... These cities became centers ...

This was united by a common Greek language and culture, while the king himself adopted foreign customs in order to rule his millions of ethnically diverse subjects. Alexander was acknowledged as a ...

Each of those sources had a political agenda or bias, said Paul Cartledge, a professor emeritus of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge. "So, you have to take everything with a large pinch of ...

Hellenization, or Hellenism, refers to the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E. One must think of the development of the ...

Professor Christian de Vartavan shares groundbreaking insights into the search for Alexander the Great's tomb and the fate of ...

Alexander the Great is remembered today for his military ... him to establish an empire that spread the influence of Greek culture (Hellenism) from his homeland to Egypt and from Greece to parts ...

The Macedonians were famous across Greece for being great drinkers, and Alexander was no exception ... but the spread of the Greek language and culture continued from Athens to Syria, North ...

But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist ... “This didn’t mean the local culture disappeared — quite the contrary,” he says, adding that everyone from the Egyptians ...

a professor emeritus of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge. "So, you have to take everything with a large pinch of salt," Cartledge, author of "Alexander the Great" (Overlook Press ...

“This didn’t mean the local culture disappeared — quite the ... John Moore/Getty Images Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler ...