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  • Arrian on Alexander's administrative measures

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/arrian/anabasis/administrative-measures/

    Plutarch of Chaeronea is quite certain that Alexander was in trouble when he returned from India. The difficulties of Alexander's march into the u…

  • Plutarch on the siege of Nora

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-eumenes/the-siege-of-nora/

    After the death of Alexander the Great on June 11, 323, Perdiccas was appointed as regent for Alexa…

  • Plutarch on Alexander

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexanders-fortune/an-ancient-assessment-of-alexander/

    The Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea gives the following assessment of Alexander the Great in his…

  • Plutarch on Alexander and Aristotle

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/alexander-and-aristotle/

    Alexander was educated by the great philosopher Aristotle of Stagira. The school at…

  • Plutarch on the Battle on the Granicus

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/battle-on-the-granicus/

    In the last days of May or the first days of June 334, Alexander's army clashed with a Persian army on the boards of the river…

  • Plutarch on Alexander and the wife of Darius

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/alexander-and-the-wife-of-darius/

    In November 333, Alexander defeated Darius III Codomannus in the…

  • Plutarch on Alexander and Bucephalus

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/alexander-and-bucephalus/

    One of the most famous stories about Alexander the Great is the anecdote of his taming of Bucephalus. There may be some truth in the account we read in section 6 o…

  • Plutarch on the birth of Alexander

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/the-birth-of-alexander/

    Although Alexander the Great was the son of king Philip of…

  • Plutarch on Alexander and Diogenes

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/alexander-and-diogenes/

    There were many stories invented about Alexander's behavior on certain occasions; these anecdotes were all intended to show the greatness of the man. In section 14…

  • Plutarch on the foundation of Alexandria

    https:/www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-alexander/the-foundation-of-alexandria/

    On 7 April 334, Alexander founded Alexandria, the Egyptian city that has correctly been hailed as "…