Alexander of Macedon earned his epithet “Great”—awarded to him in antiquity and not, as one might think, only later—by conquering an empire of two million square miles, stretching from ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

Alexander the Great conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. But if the Macedonian king had turned his attention westward, it's possible he would have ...

Round 2: MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Alexander conquered the entire Persian Empire and extended Greek influence across Egypt, Persia, and India — and never once lost a battle. Despite commanding a ...

Book Review Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great By Rachel Kousser Mariner Books: 416 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may ...

According to an ancient Greek folk tale, Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike of Macedon, transformed into a mermaid.

He founded Alexandria in Egypt as the capital of his empire. Alexander the Great About 322-318 BCE. Gold stater issued in Sardes (Sardeis, Sart), key city of Lydia, which became a province of Persia.

Imagine Working for Alexander the Great. In a new telling of the Macedonian leader’s final years, Rachel Kousser shows what happened when dreams of conquest met reality.

Metal detectorists have discovered a "unique" artifact that archaeologists say features a depiction of Alexander the Great, and is mystifying the experts surprised at the location of the find ...

Approximately 1 bazillion women on TikTok asked their male significant others how often they think about ancient Rome, and they acknowledged thinking about a lot, which strikes me as weird, as the ...

Watching Netflix’s Alexander and thinking of Origin helped me realize why the latter didn’t ultimately work for me. Of course, Alexander: The Making of a God isn’t necessarily aiming for art.