According to at least two ancient and medieval scholars, Alexander the Great encountered sea monsters during his campaigns.

The archeological site of Mieza located in Macedonia is where Aristotle is believed to have tutored Alexander the Great.

A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

Alexander the Great is known for building one of history’s largest empires, stretching from his hometown of Macedonia all the ...

Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world? This question would ...

Initially, historians believed the ruins at Gradishte were built during the reign of Macedonian leader King Philip V, who ruled from 221 to 179 B.C. But a coin from Alexander the Great’s reign ...

Present-day North Macedonia, birthed by the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, has no real connection to Alexander the Great, who lived 2,000 years ago down the road in what is now Greece ...

remembered primarily as the father of Alexander the Great. But Philip was a colossus in his own right, a brilliant military leader and politician who transformed Macedonia and built its first empire.

An expert on both the Macedonian and the Achaemenid (Persian) empires, and author of A short introduction: Alexander the Great, Briant bristles at the idea that Alexander achieved something that ...

Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian king remembered as “the Great,” has frequently been compared to the mythic Greek hero Achilles. Both were beloved by their soldiers and almost invincible.

Present-day North Macedonia, birthed by the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, has no real connection to Alexander the Great, who lived 2,000 years ago down the road in what is now Greece ...