Alexander the Great had one legitimate child, a son named Alexander IV of Macedon. Alexander IV was born in 323 BC to ...

The Battle of Issus, fought in 333 BC, was one of the most pivotal moments in ancient history. On one side stood Alexander ...

A new study using archaeology and ancient texts dates the origins of Alexander the Great’s Macedonian kingdom to the early ...

Alexander of Macedon earned his epithet “Great”—awarded to him in antiquity and not, as one might think, only later—by conquering an empire of two million square miles, stretching from modern Albania ...

To modern Greeks, Alexander the Great is an integral part of their rich heritage -- one of history's greatest conquerors who toppled the hated Persian Empire. But ancient Greek city-states, who spent ...

The current pointless tussle over the bisexuality of Alexander of Macedon is only the latest and cheapest tribute paid to our fascination with him. Recent studies have also raised the question of ...

Applying the longest average reign length from the historical period to the six pre-Alexander I monarchs yields a foundation date of 573 BC, which the researchers round to 575 BC. This mathematical ...

The renovated palace of the father of Alexander the Great, an architectural wonder at Aigai, in northern Greece, was formally opened to the public on Friday. The royal metropolis of the Macedonians, ...

Archaeologists in North Macedonia believe they may have found the remains of Lyncus, the lost capital city of Lyncestis that was settled in the mountainous region of Upper Macedonia sometime in the ...