Alexander the Great

Name: Alexander the Great
Rating: 4.2 (193 reviews)

by Captivating History Book 1 in the Ancient Greek History series.

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Alexander the Great is a concise historical biography focused on the King Who Conquered the Persian Empire and Babylon, Including His Impact on Ancient Greece and Rome. It follows the subject’s rise, exercise of power and involvement in the defining political, military and religious struggles of the period, while also considering the institutions and societies over which they ruled or exerted influence.

The biography follows Alexander from his education and accession in Macedonia through the destruction of Persian imperial power and the creation of a realm stretching into Central and South Asia. It considers the battles, sieges and political settlements that sustained his campaigns as well as the growing strain within an army operating ever farther from home. His death at Babylon leaves an empire whose scale outlasts the structures capable of holding it together.