By the spear Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the rise and fall of the Macedonian empire

"Alexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he invaded Asia in 334 to his death in 323, he expanded the Macedonian empire from Greece in the W...

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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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