Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Eyewitness accounts of Alexander’s life

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Alexander's life and exploits are best known to us from the leading ancient historians, Arrian of Nicomedia , Diodorus Siculus , Curtiu...
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Thursday, April 20, 2023

An introduction to Leptis Magna in Libya

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Alexander's   presence in North Africa has been limited to Egypt , which in his days included  Cyrene   in modern Libya (see:  Cyrene, ...
Friday, April 14, 2023

Confusion about the name of Dardanus

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As a general rule, the tribes living north of ancient Macedonia were known as Illyrians (see: A closer look at Illyria ) and more to the ea...
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Was the First Emperor inspired by Alexander?

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In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huangdi became the First Emperor of China, a country he had unified in 230 BC. He ruled as Emperor for nine years until ...
Monday, April 3, 2023

Seuthes III, king of Thracia

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Seuthes III , King of Thracia or, more precisely, of the Odrysian tribe, caught my attention after seeing pictures of his splendid bronze he...
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Monday, March 27, 2023

Timeline of Main Arabic/Persian Sources writing about Alexander

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Complementary to my previous blog post: Persia's Historical Memory of Alexander , a new Chapter in Robbert Bosschart's  Updated Vers...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Persia's Historical Memory of Alexander

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Robbert Bosschart has published an Updated Version 2025 to his book All Ale xander’s Women , which deserves special attention. Of particular...