Alexander the Great established himself as Emperor of Asia and urged his generals to marry Persian women in the Susa weddings.

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between ...

Athens: 490BCE. The Persians set sail with a mighty force to the bay of Marathon, 25 miles northeast of Athens. The Persian king, Darius the Great, had sworn to burn the city to the ground because ...

The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world through Hellenization.

The Persian king, Darius the Great, had sworn to burn the city to the ground because just being called The Great didn’t really do it for him. Before his army departed, he shot an arrow toward ...

The Alexander Mosaic, considered the most important mosaic of the Roman age, is a detailed piece of art measuring 583 by 325 centimeters.

leading the Macedonian army to victory over Persian King Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BCE, as reported by IFLScience. In 2020, restorers at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples ...