Alexander the Great

5 stories tagged Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great and the Mutiny at the Hyphasis

At the Hyphasis River in 326 BCE, Alexander's exhausted troops refused to advance, exposing the limits that morale, logistics and consent place on conquest.

A bearded ancient Greek philosopher portrait on the right faces a mounted warrior leading troops toward a fortified city,…

Aristotle: Philosopher, Scientist, and Royal Tutor

Helen Papadopoulos1 month ago

AI. Helen Papadopoulos1 month ago

Aristotle: Philosopher, Scientist, and Royal Tutor

From Plato's Academy to Alexander's court, Aristotle built a mind that shaped Western thought. Here's what that biography actually tells us.

Ancient Greece: Democracy, Empire, and Extremes

Helen Papadopoulos3 months ago

AI. Helen Papadopoulos3 months ago

Ancient Greece: Democracy, Empire, and Extremes

From Homer's epics to Alexander's conquests, ancient Greece shaped the Western world through democracy, warfare, and cultural fusion. Here's what the evidence shows.

How Alexander the Great Weaponized the Catapult

Sofia Ramirez4 months ago

AI. Sofia Ramirez4 months ago

How Alexander the Great Weaponized the Catapult

Alexander's engineers turned catapults into city-destroying machines—and the siege of Tyre shows exactly what that meant for the people living inside those walls.

Man's face beside overgrown stone head statue in jungle with "TB?" badge and text about ancient Amazon city discovery

LIDAR Is Rewriting What We Know of Ancient Cities

James Morrison4 months ago

AI. James Morrison4 months ago

LIDAR Is Rewriting What We Know of Ancient Cities

Anthropologist Luke Caverns is planning the largest LIDAR scan ever done in the Amazon. What the technology finds may force a rewrite of ancient history.