King at twenty. Dead at thirty-two. The life of Alexander the Great and the history of his empire.
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ALT Promotional artwork for Oliver Stone’s 2004 film Alexander. A helmeted rider on a rearing horse is silhouetted against a layered old map, with blue-grey clouds, warm light and soldiers along the lower edge. The film title and original credits remain at the upper right. This is modern film artwork, not an ancient image or a historical map of Alexander’s empire.
ALT Etching of Alexander’s army crossing the Ister, now called the Danube. Soldiers and horses travel in boats and on raft-like platforms between ranks of troops on both banks. Attributed to Antonio Tempesta, 1565–1630; Rijksmuseum, RP-P-OB-37.727, public domain. A later imagined scene, not evidence of the crossing equipment or terrain.
ALT Modern digital reimagining of Philip II’s assassination, after André Castaigne’s nineteenth-century illustration. A man in a red cloak lunges with a dagger towards Philip, who recoils in white robes. A procession carrying statues passes into a crowded theatre behind them. The scene and architecture are imaginative, not an archaeological reconstruction.
ALT Modern digital reimagining of Philip II’s assassination, after André Castaigne’s nineteenth-century illustration. A man in a red cloak lunges with a dagger towards Philip, who recoils in white robes. A procession carrying statues passes into a crowded theatre behind them.
ALT Modern digital reimagining of Philip II’s assassination, after André Castaigne’s nineteenth-century illustration. A man in a red cloak lunges with a dagger towards Philip, who recoils in white robes. A procession carrying statues passes into a crowded theatre behind them.
ALT Aristotle and his pupil, Alexander. The young Alexander sits at left with his chin resting on his hand while Aristotle, seated at right, raises an arm as he speaks. A smoking vessel stands between them; armour, a shield and a small Athena figure decorate the room. Wood engraving by Charles Laplante after Frans Verhas, issued 1885. New York Public Library, image 1623975, public domain. A later imagining of their teaching relationship.
ALT Close view of a marble head of Alexander, seen from below against a dark background. Light catches the forehead, nose and wavy hair; the neck and one side of the face fall into shadow. The publication’s supplied portrait image.
ALT The battle with the carts in the Thracian pass—officially known as the Battle of Mount Haemus—took place in the spring of 335 BC during the Balkan campaign of Alexander the Great.
ALT A marble Spartan warrior with a crested helmet, shown against a deep red museum wall. The surviving head and torso date to about 480–470 BC, more than a century before Alexander. Found on Sparta’s acropolis, the statue is traditionally called “Leonidas”, but that identity is uncertain. Archaeological Museum of Sparta, 3365. It illustrates Sparta’s earlier military tradition, not the meeting with Alexander. Photograph by George E. Koronaios, 2019; original file retained without retouching. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_a_hoplite,_known_as_%E2%80%9CLeonidas.%E2%80%9D_5th_cent._B.C.jpg