But our age is less impressed by conquest, and the hero-worship Alexander once inspired now rings hollow. His tomb’s appearance in the 2017 videogame Assassin’s Creed Origins—atmospherically recreated ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

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.

After Alexander the Great’s death, ... The capital was adopted as the national emblem of India in 1950 and is depicted on several of the country’s coins and banknotes.

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This coin was issued by Lysimachus, the former general of Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death, Lysimachus ruled part of Alexander's empire in Bulgaria, northern Greece and Turkey known as ...