December 22nd 2025

Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way.

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Keywords: Alexander, Alexander the Great, Macedonia, history, Greece, Persia, Achaemenid, Granicus, Olympias, Arrian, Diodorus, Darius, military, ancient history