Day: November 19, 2015

  • Alexander the Great

    ALEXANDER THE GREAT Raphael’s AlexanderAlexander III of Macedon—Alexander the Great (356 to 324 B.C.)—was perhaps the greatest conqueror of all time. In 334 B.C., at the age of 21, he left the small Greek of Kingdom of Macedonia with 43,000 foot soldiers and 6,000 horsemen to seek revenge against the Persian empire, which had sacked…