Tell about Alexander The Great ?

According to a researcher, ancients such as Alexander the Great were buried in honey. After about a hundred years, candied corpses were supposedly dug up and eaten as medicine.

Alexander the Great founded 70 cities, naming at least 20 after himself. –

After much heavy fighting, Alexander’s army emerged victorious and routed the Persian force. Although they had tried to surrender, Alexander had the Greek mercenaries serving with the Persians surrounded and slaughtered.

Alexander fought Darius at Issus, in modern day Syria. Alexander’s army was possibly only half the size of Darius’, but the narrow battle-site ensured Darius’ larger numbers counted for little.

Alexander the Great visited the Oracle at Delphi wishing to hear a prophecy about him conquering the world. The oracle refused to comment and asked him to come later. Alexander then dragged the priestess by the hair out of the chamber until she screamed: “You are invincible, my son!”

A Macedonian victory soon followed and Darius fled eastwards. Alexander duly captured Darius’ abandoned baggage train, including the Persian King’s lavish royal tent, mother and wife

Alexander the Great was simultaneously the King of Macedonia, Pharaoh of Egypt, King of Persia, and King of Asia

King Darius III was defeated and killed after the Battle of Gaugamela
After defeating Darius again in 331 BC, the Persian King was overthrown and murdered by one of his satraps (barons). The Achaemenid dynasty essentially died with Darius, and Alexander was now king of Persia as well as Macedon.

During his lifetime, Alexander the Great was seen as a drunken tyrant by many.

His army reached India in 327 BC
Not satisfied with conquering Persia, Alexander had a desire to conquer all of the known world, which was widely believed to be surrounded by a ocean that surrounded India. He crossed the Hindu Kush into ancient India in 327 BC. It would be the bloodiest part of his campaigns.

Alexander the Great’s father had 3000 POWs executed by “ritual drowning.”

His army mutinied after the Battle of the Hydaspes
Alexander’s forces fought against King Porus, King of the Pauravas in 326 BC. Again, Alexander was victorious, but the battle was costly. He attempted to take his army across the Hyphasis (Beas) river, but they refused and demanded to turn back. Alexander acquiesced.

The place in Afghanistan named Kandahar loosely translates to “Alexander” as in Alexander the Great. Kandahar was one of the cities named Alexandria established during Alexander’s victories.

In his campaigning, Alexander never lost a battle
In many of his most important and decisive victories, Alexander was significantly outnumbered. But his army consisted of well-trained veterans, while Alexander had superb grasp of military strategy. He was also prepared to take big risks, lead charges and go into battle with his men. All of this swung fortune in his favour.

The troops of Alexander the Great were provided with Liquorice rations because of its thirst quenching properties.

He was lucky
Because Alexander led his army from the front, he diced with death many times during his military campaigns. At the Granicus River for instance, his life was only saved by the intervention of Cleitus the Black, who managed to cut off a Persian’s arm before he dealt a lethal blow to Alexander with his scimitar.

Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Benito Mussolini all suffered from Ailurophobia, the fear of cats.

At other times Alexander was not so lucky and we hear he suffered multiple wounds throughout his life. The most severe was during his Indian campaign, where he had his lung pierced by an arrow.

Alexander the Great when died had the most expensive funeral of all time. The entire funeral amounted to the US $600, 000,000 in today’s currency.

Alexander wanted to unify his Greek and Persian subjects
In 324 BC, Alexander arranged a mass wedding at Susa where he and his officers married noble Persian wives to try and unite the Greek and Persian cultures and legitimise himself as King of Asia. Nearly all these marriages, however, soon ended in divorce.

Alexander the Great’s descendants in Afghanistan/Pakistan founded Greek-speaking Buddhist kingdoms from the 4th century BC onwards. This resulted into many long-lasting Greek influences on Buddhist art, including the “toga,” and stylization of curly hair

Alexander the Great’s descendants in Afghanistan/Pakistan founded Greek-speaking Buddhist kingdoms from the 4th century BC onwards. This resulted into many long-lasting Greek influences on Buddhist art, including the “toga,” and stylization of curly hair

He was a big drinker
Alexander has a reputation as a big drinker. In one drunken incident he argued with his friend and general Cleitus the Black, and killed him by throwing a javelin into his chest. There are some theories that alcoholism contributed to his early death.

Alexander the Great was an epileptic which was considered as a ‘sacred disease’ because of the belief that one was either touched by the gods or possessed by evil spirits.

He died aged just 32
Families in ancient times could expect very high child mortality, but noble children who made it to adulthood could easily live into their 50s, or even past their 70s, so Alexander’s death was premature. He died in Babylon in 323 BC.