He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The palace was the ceremonial ... (the most sacred site in Ancient Greece) is Dion, where Alexander made sacrifices to the god Zeus before setting out for Persia. And east of Aigai, past ...

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(CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

After becoming the King of Macedon at the age of 20 in 336 BCE, Alexander spent only two years in Europe. He defeated and ...

According to CNN, archaeologists in Greece recently opened the royal palace ... ancient site, is Dion, where Alexander paid homage to Zeus prior to launching his campaign against Persia.