Eventos
Battle of Gaugamela 9/10Death of Bucephalus 8/10Battle of the Granicus River 8/10The Cutting of the Gordian Knot 7/10Marries Roxane 7/10Battle of Issus 8/10Founding of Alexandria 9/10Death of Alexander the GreatAlexander takes throne of MacedoniaMass Marriages of Susa 5/10Execution of Bessus 6/10Kills Clitus the Black 2/10Tutored by Aristotle 6/10Sacks Persepolis 2/10Marries Stateira and Parysatis 6/10One story says the Alexander met Roxane
at the citadel another say he met her
at a banquet held after these eventsAlexander's army was heavily outnumbered
by the Persian army, but his were very well-trained
and strategicKing Darius III ended up being killed by one of his own satraps
while they escaped from Alexander's army, leaving Persia
and its most famous city, Babylon to the Macedonians.Alexandria was the centre for Greek academics and science. The famous
Library of Alexandria that housed the world's technologies and records that
tragically burned down, was located there.The Old Testament was translated from Hebrew to
Greek in Alexandria and it also was home to many
different religious groups making it very interethnic city
during the time after Alexander.Macedonian Soldiers were arranged in a Phalanx,
with Cavalry on the sidesBefore the Battle Darius tortured and killed many recovering
Macedonian soldiers which gave Alexanders army even more of an incentiveThe Bactrians took refugee in a citadel high in the cliffs
Alexanders army quickly get up there and the Bactrians surrenderedHe might have married her out of love
but it is much more likely he married her
to help him unite Greece and Persia
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