The death of Alexander the Great sparked a war for his throne. Contenders included two women, his mother Olympias and his ...

Born into the influential Elimeian royal family, Phila was typical of the political alliances in Macedonian society. Her ...

During the Hellenistic era, an obscure city in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey) became one of the leading states of the 3rd ...

At the start of Aeropus I's rule, the kingdom faced invasions from the Thracians and Illyrians, who inflicted heavy losses on ...

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

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

Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the ...

The palace was the ceremonial hub for the Macedonian dynasty ... Alexander died without having ever lost a battle, and while his empire soon splintered, for centuries, the official language of ...

The palace was the ceremonial hub for the Macedonian ... a battle, and while his empire soon splintered, for centuries, the official language of administration in the area remained Greek.

Regardless of what killed Alexander, his body was mummified. Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general who was Alexander's close friend and bodyguard, was instrumental in moving the body.

We know about Alexander through many historical texts, including those from the Greek historians Plutarch ... Much has been written about the Macedonian general and his empire, but how much ...