He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

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 ...

The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years ... John Moore/Getty Images Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler, who tolerated other ...

The Persian king had conquered Persia 200 years ... Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler, who tolerated other religions.

South Asia was once the eastern part of the Ancient Greek world, a pivotal yet little explored part of the Greek empire and ...