Guy Maclean Rogers
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legend-and an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die ... [... more]
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Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth ...
 " ""Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines -- heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure."" In this succinct portrait of ... [... more]
$21.95
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Sculpture: From Ancient Egypt To Modern Times
Egypt was invaded by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. Coincidentally around the same time, the Greek sculptor Leochares made a bronze statue of the Greek god Apollo. As most Greek bronzes were melted down in later centuries, a Roman copy remains. ... [... more]
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Partha Bose
Alexander the Great endures as one of the most admired and emulated leaders in world history. In our time, his example of unprecedented and unparalleled success has inspired leaders of business and government, from ... [... more]
Random House |
Formal Gardens
Republican Rome had disapproved of luxuries. Until the last century of the Republic, Roman gardens had been utilitarian. The first public garden in Rome was constructed in 55 BC and the Republic ended in 27 BC. Alexander the Great had conquered ... [... more]
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Venus In Pompeian Gardens
All of these nude images are in styles which we call Hellenistic; this refers to styles which developed after the conquests of Alexander the Great (326 - 324 B.C.E.). It is hardly surprising that none of the images are in earlier styles, since ... [... more]
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Alexander the Great
Inspired in his leadership, fearless in battle, and boundless in his ambition, Alexander the Great was worshiped as a god during his lifetime, and his legend has only grown since— he remains in the forefront of the public imagination with no fewer than ... [... more]
$12.40
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Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in ...
What George W. Bush called the "first war of the twenty-first century" actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Accounts of Alexander's invasion of ... [... more]
$40.00
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Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods
Famous for more than two millennia for the amazing deeds that he accomplished in his short life of thirty-two years, King Alexander III of Macedon is the most celebrated figure of classical antiquity. Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods presents, in a ... [... more]
$24.95
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Alexander the Great: King, Commander and Statesman
Within the span of thirteen years, Alexander the Great changed the face of the world more decisively and with more long-lasting effects than any other statesman has ever done. It is therefore no surprise that there has been, and still is, so much debate ... [... more]
$29.00
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Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther-across foreign cultures, religious traditions, ... [... more]
$35.00
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Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth
" ""Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines -- heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure."" In this succinct portrait of ... [... more]
$13.95
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