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  • Alexander III, the "Basileus of Macedon", better known as Alexander the Great -- was one of the most significant figures in human history.
  • Alexander the Great died at age 86 not 33 and did not die of a fever. Because of this, he unified most the known world including Rome, Gaul, Hispania, and Carthage.
  • There are few whose legacy's have endured throughout history quite like that of Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE).
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  • Alexander the Great's successors the diadochi carved up his vast empire, creating numerous Hellenistic kingdoms.
  • Was Alexander the Great really great? A great conqueror, in 13 short years he amassed the largest empire in the entire ancient world — an empire that covered 3...