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	Alexander of Macedon - WikIran
		And upon Alexander in his fourteenth year this sum of tradition was brought to bear through the person of the man who beyond all others had gathered it up into an organic whole: in 343-342 Aristotle came to Pella at Philip's bidding to direct the education of his son.
		Alexander turned, and near the town of Issus fought his second pitched battle, sending Darius and the relic of his army in wild flight back to the east.' It was an incident which did not modify Alexander's plan.
		Alexander the Great is one of the instances of the vanity of appealing from contemporary disputes to "the verdict of posterity"; his character and his policy are estimated to-day as variously as ever.
	www.wikiran.org /w/index.php?title=Alexander_of_Macedon (7828 words)

	Alexander the Great - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Alexander, born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia, was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia, and of Olympias, a princess of Epirus.
		Alexander was one of the greatest generals of all time, noted for his brilliance as a tactician and troop leader and for the rapidity with which he could traverse great expanses of territory.
		Thus, Alexander vastly extended the influence of Greek civilization and prepared the way for the kingdoms of the Hellenistic period and the conquests of the Roman Empire.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761564408__1/Alexander_the_Great.html (1313 words)

	Alexander the Great, new - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)
		Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC), son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, niece of King Arybbas of Epirus.
		Alexander had a full sister, Cleopatra, who married Alexander, king of Epirus (her uncle), in 336 BC—it was at her nuptials that Philip was assassinated.
		In 327 BC Alexander was the victim of a conspiracy by his Royal Pages, which culminated in the execution of Callisthenes, the campaign's official historian and a kinsman of Aristotle.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Alexander_the_Great,_new (1564 words)

	h. The Macedonian Empire. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		In the spring, Alexander left Antipater as governor in Greece and crossed the Hellespont with an army of 32,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry.
		Alexander I of Epirus (342–330) was called in to assist the Italiote League which was fighting the Lucanians in southern Italy.
		During a year-long stay, Alexander founded Alexandria on the coast of Egypt and visited the oracle of Ammon at the oasis of Siwa in the Western Desert, where he was proclaimed the son of a god.
	www.bartleby.com /67/206.html (545 words)

	Alexander - Colin Farrell as Alexander The Great, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins - Oliver Stone's Alexander - Colin ...
		Alexander was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia, and Olympias a princess of Epirus.
		Alexander was a military genius and greatly admired by his troops for his leadership and courage.
		Alexander the Great had the inspiration to believe that the Alexandria Library would be the centre of the most prominent civilisations of the time, the Egyptian, the Greek and the Middle Eastern civilisations.
	www.alexander-the-great.co.uk (605 words)

	Outcyclopedia - Alexander the Great
		He was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia, the son of Philip II and of Olympias, a princess of Epirus.
		Alexander was tutored by Aristotle and from him obtained a mastery of rhetoric and literature and a passionate interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
		Alexander then moved on to capture Persepolis, the Persian capital, looting it of its treasures and then burning it to the ground in what is recorded as an insane drunk.
	members.fortunecity.com /outcyclopedia/alexandergreat.html (807 words)

	Alexander the Great
		Alexander was born in 356 BC to King Philip of Macedon and Olympias, a princess from Epirus in North Greece.
		Alexander was tutored by Aristotle during his youth, while never agreeing with his philosophies, Alexander learned all he needed to know on how to run his empire.
		Alexander and his army finally crossed the Indus River and entered India in 326 BC, but the army revolted and wished to go home thinking that their journey had already taken them to far from their homes.
	www.angelfire.com /tx3/history3/alexander.html (785 words)

	Alexander The Great - Crystalinks
		Alexander left Caria in the hands of Ada, who was ruler of Caria before being deposed by her brother Pixodarus.
		Alexander fought an epic battle against Porus, a ruler of a region in the Punjab in the Battle of Hydaspes in (326 BC).
		Alexander's body was placed in a gold anthropid sarcophagus, which was in turn placed in a second gold casket and covered with a purple robe.
	www.crystalinks.com /alexanderthegreat.html (3823 words)

	Alexander I of Epirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the son of Neoptolemus and brother of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great.
		In 334 BC, Alexander, at the request of colony of Taras (Magna Graecia) and the people the Tarentines, crossed over into Italy, to aid them against the Italic populations, Lucanians and Bruttii.
		Alexander of Epirus on A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1870) - text in public domain
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_I_of_Epirus (321 words)

	Alexander
		Alexander I of Epirus king of Epirus about 342 B.C. Alexander II of Epirus king of Epirus 272 B.C. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), king of Macedonia
		Alexander III (912 - 913), emperor of the Byzantine Empire
		Alexander Balas ruler of the Greek kingdom of Syria 150-146 B.C. Alexander Cornelius Greek grammarian
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Alexander.html (166 words)

	Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 12
		ALEXANDER interred the soldiers, whom he had lost in the pursuit of Darius, at great expense, and distributed thirteen thousand talents among the rest that attended him in that expedition.
		After the departure of Alexander from Macedonia, almost all Greece, as if to take advantage of the opportunity for recovering their liberty, had risen in arms, yielding, in that respect, to the influence of the Lacedaemonians, who alone had rejected peace from Philip and Alexander, and had scorned the terms on which it was offered.
		Alexander mourned for him longer than became his dignity as a king, built a monument for him that cost twelve thousand talents, and gave orders that he should be worshipped as a god.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/justin/english/trans12.html (4081 words)

	Alexander II of Epirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander attacked Antigonus Gonatas and conquered the greater part of Macedonia, but was in turn driven out of both Epirus and Macedonia by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus.
		Alexander is apparently mentionned in the Edicts of Ashoka, as one of the recipients of the Indian Emperor Ashoka's Buddhist prozelitism, although no Western historical record of this event remain:
		Alexander rule, likewise in the south among the Cholas, the Pandyas, and as far as Tamraparni (Sri Lanka)." (Edicts of Ashoka, 13th Rock Edict, S. Dhammika).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_II_of_Epirus (296 words)

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		Alexander was born at Pella in Macedonia in late July of 356 BC, on the same day on which the famous Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was destroyed by fire.
		Alexander's historical mission was to prepare the impulse of a new astrologic era, to terminate the old one and to transform ancient-obsolete forms of culture and world dominion.
		Alexander had such an admiration for the beauty of his favorite mistress, named Pancaspe (Campaspe), that he gave orders that she should be painted in the nude by Apelles, and then discovering that the artist while executing the commission had fallen in love with the beautiful lady.
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	Alexander The Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alexander's second in command was Parmenio, who had secured a foothold in Asia Minor during Philip's lifetime; many of his family and supporters were entrenched in positions of responsibility.
		At Memphis Alexander sacrificed to Apis, the Greek term for Hapi, the sacred Egyptian bull, and was crowned with the traditional double crown of the pharaohs; the native priests were placated and their religion encouraged.
		Alexander now occupied Babylon, city and province; Mazaeus, who surrendered it, was confirmed as satrap in conjunction with a Macedonian troop commander, and quite exceptionally was granted the right to coin.
	history-world.org /alexander_the_great1.htm (4935 words)

	Ancient coins of Epirus
		The prevailing types on the coins of Epirus are the heads of Zeus Dodonaeos and of Dione his spouse.
		On the fall of the kingdom of Epirus this tribe rose to be independent and struck bronze coins.
		Alexander, son of Neoptolemus, B.C. The gold coins of this king were probably struck in southern Italy, whither Alexander went in B.C. 332 to aid the Greek cities against the Lucanians and Bruttians.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/epirus.html (1101 words)

	Alexander of Epirus - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)
		Alexander of Epirus was the brother of Olympias, one of the wives of Philip II of Macedon and mother of Alexander the Great (J 8.6.5; Livy 8.3.7).
		Alexander and Cleopatra had two children: Cadmeia (apparently born 365 BC), and Neoptolemus (who later rules Epirus after the expulsion of Pyrrhus (see Heckel, 2006).
		While Alexander of Macedonia invaded Asia, Alexander of Epirus went West, to Italy, in response to a call for help from the citizens of Tarentum (Strabo 6.3.4).
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Alexander_of_Epirus (310 words)

	Alexander the Great - Sources
		The landing of Alexander of Epirus near Paestum led the Samnites to make common cause with the Lucanians, but their united forces were defeated by turn in a pitched battle.
		Alexander, with a picked body of troops, cut his way, with splendid courage, through the enemy, and meeting the Lucanian general slew him after a hand to hand fight.
		Alexander no doubt did all that a soldier ought to do in battle, and that is not his least title to fame.
	websfor.org /alexander/minor/livy.asp (4268 words)

	Olympias - Alexander The Great - Mother of Alexander - Wife of King Philip II - Olympias
		In 359 B.C. Olympias married Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great was born in 356 B.C. The marriage was blighted by Philip II's philandering and by the jealous temper of Olympias.
		Despite the close bond between Olympias and Alexander the Great, he was to leave her in 334 B.C when he was aged twenty-one and was never to see her again.
		After the death Of Alexander his half brother Arrhidaeus and his son Alexander IV were proclaimed kings with Cassander, the son of Antipater, as regent.
	www.alexander-the-great.co.uk /olympias.htm (278 words)

	Amazon.com: Alexander: The Ends of the Earth: A Novel (Alexander): Books: Valerio Massimo Manfredi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alexander: The Sands of Ammon (Alexander) by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
		Alexander was a soldier, a general, a leader, and a "strategos." Historians have argued about Alexander's hubris, such as the arrogant belief of being the son (or one of the sons) of Zeus-Ammon, the Gods' father in the Libyan tradition (remember Cyrenae was founded by Battos, citizen of Thera [Santorini]).
		Alexander is obsessed by the goal of uniting the people of his vast Empire and after his main rival, Emperor Darius of Persia is murdered by his own men, Alexander marries his daughter Princess Stateira.
	www.amazon.com /Alexander-Ends-Earth-Novel/dp/0743434382 (2777 words)

	Epirus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		At the time of Homer, Epirus was known as the home of the oracle of Dodona.
		Alexander died on an invasion of Italy, but the kingdom persisted and grew.
		Epirus was a more-or-less-neglected portion of the Byzantine Empire.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ep/Epirus.html (287 words)

	Alexander the Great
		They don't call her with the name of Alexander's sister, they don't call her with the Macedonian name Thessaloniki, because simply they are not Macedonians.
		Under Alexander I, the independent Macedonian principalities of west and north Macedonia were united around the central authority, recognizing the primacy of the Temenids king.
		the first-born son of Alexander I, who ruled for forty years (454-412/13 BC), proved himself a skillful diplomat and a wily leader, astute in his decisions and flexible in his alliances, and set as the aim of his diplomacy the preservation of the territorial integrity of his kingdom.
	members.fortunecity.com /fstav1/alexandros/alexandros.html (2080 words)

	Alexander the great
		Alexander was 20 when he became king of Macedonia.
		Alexander came down hard one them Every building in Thebes was destroyed, except the temples and the house of the poet Pindar because of Alexander’s orders.
		Alexander's action broke the spirit of rebellion in the other Greek states.
	www.webspawner.com /users/thailandonfi/alexanderthegre2.html (256 words)

	Alexander II of Epirus - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ALEXANDER II., king of Epirus, succeeded his father Pyrrhus, 272 B.C. He attacked Antigonus Gonatas and conquered the greater part of Macedonia, but was in turn driven out of both Epirus and Macedonia by Demetrius the son of Antigonus.
		He subsequently recovered his kingdom by the aid of the Acarnanians and Aetolians.
		This page was last modified 11:01, 25 Aug 2006.
	82.1911encyclopedia.org /Alexander_II_of_Epirus (61 words)

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