The Nature of AlexanderAllen Lane, 1975 - 240 pages Combines contemporaneous accounts, critically studied legends, reproductions of pertinent artworks, and photographs to provide a full-scale, nonideological biography of the Macedonian conqueror and empire builder. |
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... Roxane or her anteroom attendants . She had been consigned to the harem , where the assassins had no apparent fears of her husband sleeping . The lack of evidence about their relations leaves an important gap in our knowledge of ...
... Roxane or her anteroom attendants . She had been consigned to the harem , where the assassins had no apparent fears of her husband sleeping . The lack of evidence about their relations leaves an important gap in our knowledge of ...
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... Roxane . The one established fact is that in the following year , when Alexander died in Babylon , Roxane was there , but Stateira was at Susa . Remembering his lack of height , it is worth noting that Darius , a very tall man , had ...
... Roxane . The one established fact is that in the following year , when Alexander died in Babylon , Roxane was there , but Stateira was at Susa . Remembering his lack of height , it is worth noting that Darius , a very tall man , had ...
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... Roxane , 210 , 233 Dymnus , plots to kill Alexander , 141 et seq . Ecbatana ( Hamadan ) , summer residence of Persian kings , Darius at , 125 , 131 , 134 ; Parmenion stationed at , 138 ; killed at , 144 ; 150 , 154 , [ map 175-8 ] , 204 ...
... Roxane , 210 , 233 Dymnus , plots to kill Alexander , 141 et seq . Ecbatana ( Hamadan ) , summer residence of Persian kings , Darius at , 125 , 131 , 134 ; Parmenion stationed at , 138 ; killed at , 144 ; 150 , 154 , [ map 175-8 ] , 204 ...
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Alexander Alexander's already ancient army Arrian Asia asked Athenian Athens Babylon battle began better brought called campaign carried cause cavalry century command course court danger Darius dead death Demosthenes died doubt enemy evidence face fact father fighting followed force friends gave give given gold Greece Greek hand head held Hephaestion honour horses important Indian killed King knew known land later learned leave lived looked Macedon Macedonian mind murder nature never night offered officers Olympias once ordered Parmenion passed perhaps Persian Philip Philotas Photo plans Plutarch probably Ptolemy reached record remained rest returned river round royal satrap says seems seen sent ships showed side soldiers soon sources story taken thought told took troops turned walls whole wound young