Alexander the Great Archive
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The death of Alexander the Great
Posted on July 29, 2012 | No CommentsAlexander, King of Macedonia, conqueror of the Persian empire, died in Babylon at sunset on the 10th of June, 323 BC.1 He was not yet 33 years old, had been king for 12 years and 8 months and had shown himself to be fully deserving of the title -
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Posted on July 22, 2012 | No CommentsPlutarch presents the so-called 'Pixodarus affair' as an illustration of the disorders in the Macedonian royal household involving tensions between Philip and Alexander which Alexander -
Contesting the Greatness of Alexander the Great: The Representation of Alexander in the Histories of Polybius and Livy
Posted on July 17, 2012 | No CommentsThis study will investigate the influence of Alexander the Great on the Roman world of the mid and late Republican periods, also focusing on the effects that the great Macedonian had on the ever evolving concept of what it meant to be Roman during the Romans -
Descendants of Alexander the Great’s army fought in ancient China, historian finds
Posted on July 9, 2012 | No CommentsA recent article is examining the possibility that a contingent of soldiers from the Mediterranean fought at the Battle of Talas River in 36 BC, but instead of being Roman forces, new research suggests they may have been descendants of the armies of Alexander the Great. -
The Early Seleucids, their gods and their coins
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis explains how the Seleucid kings used the representations of divine and semi- divine beings on their coinage as a tool for creating and legitimising royal authority during the most stable period of their rule (Seleucus I to Antiochus III: 312/1 -
Conversations in History: Arrian and Herodotus, Parmenio and Alexander
Posted on May 25, 2012 | No CommentsArrian's account of Alexander -
Ancient and modern treatment of Alexander the Great
Posted on April 2, 2012 | No CommentsThis dissertation examines the different interpretations of the secondary sources for Alexander the Great by three modern historians, Nicholas Hammond, Peter Green and Mary Renault. -
Ethnicity and Cultural Policy at Alexander
Posted on March 25, 2012 | No CommentsAlexander spread Greek civilization by means of his passage through Asia. It is this perception of Alexander's mission that forms the subject of the present essay. -
Greek knowledge of India before the fourth century B.C
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsThis thesis undertakes to examine the extent of Greek knowledge of India down to the beginning of the fourth century B.C. and to test its accuracy. -
Is consent in medicine a concept only of modern times?
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough the issue of consent in medical practice has grown immensely in recent years, and it is generally believed that historical cases are unknown, our research amongst original ancient Greek and Byzantine historical sources reveals that it is a very old subject which ancient philosophers and physicians have addressed.
