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there for the celebration of the marriage between Alexander I of Epirus and Philip's daughter, by his fourth wife Olympias, Cleopatra. While the king was...

however, against the military stratagems of Philip of Macedon or his son Alexander. They were a forerunner of the rising power of Rome, which under its...

When Alexander the Great died (June 10, 323 BCE), he left behind a huge empire which comprised many essentially independent territories. Alexander's empire...

Persian Wars Peloponnesian Wars Alexander the Great Trojan War Punic Wars -- Carthage and Hannibal Gallic Wars -- Julius Caesar, Vercingetorix First Triumvirate...

called Alexander III, who became famous in history as Alexander the Great. Macedonia was a small principality located in the northern part of modern-day...

writing endeavors. Working a set of jobs in order to support his family his longtime wish finally came true and Alexander became a published author in 1955...

Persepolis. Alexander the Great or Alexander III of Macedon became overlord of all Persia on the defeat of Darius III Condomannus at the Battle of Arbela....

Greece and Alexander the Great - From Minoans to the rise of Hellenistic Empires, through Alexander the Great The Roman Empire The Unification of China Middle...

Marcius John Alexander "Marcus" Oliver was a well known early wireless experimenter in the 1920s with his amateur station 2MO. He owned, with a brother...

One of the most brutal and destructive wars in human history began in Europe in August 1914; it would last until November 1918. By the end of 1918, 60...

mentioned last issue, the death occurred in the H. D. Hospital on Wednesday morning, January 16, of Marcius John Alexander Oliver, at the age of 70 years. His...

started with the death of Alexander the Great. The Diadochi (Greek "successors" of Alexander the Great) fought over and carved up Alexander's empire into...

marked the end of Macedonian control of Greece, Egypt and Asia Minor. It was the son of Philip II, Alexander the Great, who had conquered the East but it...

looked weak. The shock of the defeat in the Crimean War in Russia led to Alexander II enacting sweeping internal reform. Alexander recognized that in order...

April 1915, New Zealand sent troops to Gallipoli under the command of British General Alexander Godly, along with Australian soldiers, to help seize Constantinople...

wars. These wars aimed at an absolute victory. The defeated people were either exterminated or expelled from their dwelling places or enslaved. The idea...

Alexander the Great conquered the Levant in 331 BCE, annexing the region into his Empire as part of the Governorate of Coele Syria. According to Josephus...

civilian deaths in war time incidents like the Halifax Explosion. Support for Great Britain during the First World War caused a major political crisis over...

BCE. The statue stood over 30 meters tall at the mouth of the harbor at Rhodes. After Alexander the Great died, his empire was broken into several pieces...

attempted to explain war. Historians tend to be reluctant to look for sweeping explanations for all wars. A. J. P. Taylor famously described wars as being like...