So why didn't Alexander the Great try to conquer Italy? The answer may be that he died before he got the chance. The king of Macedonia ruled from 336 B.C. to 323 B.C., when he died of an unknown ...

Alexander the Great’s childhood has often been presented as a time of conflict between his parents, ... Rome wanted silk, China had the goods. Here's how the Silk Roads got their start.

What was once dismissed as a fortress on the edge of Rome’s influence is now thought to be the lost capital of the ancient Kingdom of Lyncestis. ... the father of Alexander the Great, in 358 BCE.

Few figures from the ancient world grip the modern imagination as powerfully as Alexander the Great and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh. They are the bookends for Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson’s new ...

Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India in just 13 years, when he was king of Macedonia. His conquest started in Persia, where he battled King Darius III's ...

This interpretation of Alexander comes from a Greek living in the Roman Empire that had abolished Greek freedom, conquering Greece in 146 BCE and making it a province of Rome. Plutarch was that voice.

Alexander the Great ruled the ancient kingdom of Macedon—centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula—between 336 B.C. until his death in 323 B.C. at the age of 32.

How often do men think about ancient Rome? Quite frequently, it seems. The palace, built more than 2,300 years ago, ... Aigai was home to Alexander the Great and Philip II.

But a coin from Alexander the Great’s reign emerged, pushing it back to the 4th century B.C. Now, it looks like the site was also occupied hundreds of years before, during the Bronze Age.

Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India in just 13 years, when he was king of Macedonia. His conquest started in Persia, where he battled King Darius III's ...