One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal ...

But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist. Two thousand years on ... You can’t understand Alexander if you don’t understand Darius, the last king of the Persian Empire.” Not for ...

The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

After a violent murder, a young Alexander ascends the throne of Macedonia and takes up arms against the mighty Persian Empire, ruled by Darius III. The tyrant inside Alexander starts to emerge as ...

But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist ... t understand Alexander if you don’t understand Darius, the last king of the Persian Empire.” Not for nothing is one of his ...

In 1010 CE, Persian poet Firdawsi wrote “Shahnamah ... Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler, who tolerated other religions.

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