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2 unusual facts about Alexander of Macedon


Alexander of Macedon

Alexander V of Macedon (died 294) BC), ruled with his brother Antipater from c.

Alexander IV of Macedon (323–310 BC), ruled as a child-king from birth to death


Iranian calendars

After the conquests by Alexander of Macedon and his death, the Persian territories fell to one of his generals, Seleucus (312 BCE), starting the Seleucid dynasty of Iran.

Spitamenes

Spitamenes (in old Persian Spitamaneh; Greek Σπιταμένης; born 370 BC and killed 328 BC) Sogdian warlord, leader of the uprising in Sogdiana and Bactria against Alexander of Macedon 329 BC.


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Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy

For his wax bas-relief the Triumphal entrance of Alexander of Macedon into Babylon (1809, now in the Hermitage Museum), Tolstoy was elected an honorable member of the Academy of Arts.