{"id":20972,"date":"2024-02-06T05:25:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T05:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=20972"},"modified":"2024-02-06T07:54:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T07:54:13","slug":"who-was-alexander-the-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/who-was-alexander-the-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Alexander the Great?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who was Alexander the Great?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king, conquered the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in a remarkably short period of time. His empire ushered in significant cultural changes in the lands he conquered and changed the course of the region&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_the_great_mosaic_28cropped296298695922945582373.jpg?resize=640%2C856&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_the_great_mosaic_28cropped296298695922945582373.jpg?resize=766%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 766w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_the_great_mosaic_28cropped296298695922945582373.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_the_great_mosaic_28cropped296298695922945582373.jpg?resize=768%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_the_great_mosaic_28cropped296298695922945582373.jpg?w=803&amp;ssl=1 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Alexander Mosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Until the age of 16, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_and_aristotle5396527132038899747.jpg?resize=640%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_and_aristotle5396527132038899747.jpg?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_and_aristotle5396527132038899747.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexander_and_aristotle5396527132038899747.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aristotle teaching young Alexander, engraving by Charles Laplante, c. 1866<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander married three times: to Roxana of Bactria, Stateira, and Parysatis, daughter of Ochus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4e4d7b42abc8ade354fa09227e614e8a5427682507163613570.jpg?resize=412%2C591&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4e4d7b42abc8ade354fa09227e614e8a5427682507163613570.jpg?w=412&amp;ssl=1 412w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/4e4d7b42abc8ade354fa09227e614e8a5427682507163613570.jpg?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roxana was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess who Alexander the Great married after defeating Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, and invading Persia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He fathered at least one child, Alexander IV of Macedon, born by Roxana shortly after his death in 323 BC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexandros_iv_aigos_budge8755736190524466351.png?resize=392%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexandros_iv_aigos_budge8755736190524466351.png?w=392&amp;ssl=1 392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/alexandros_iv_aigos_budge8755736190524466351.png?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is speculation that Stateira could have been pregnant when she died; if so, she and her child played no part in the succession battles which ensued after his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"94mDgIl3Rk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-history-of-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-blood-vii-2\/\">The History of the World through the Eyes of Blood VII<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The History of the World through the Eyes of Blood VII&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-history-of-the-world-through-the-eyes-of-blood-vii-2\/embed\/#?secret=keL27J0Qcx#?secret=94mDgIl3Rk\" data-secret=\"94mDgIl3Rk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Who was Alexander the Great?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king, conquered the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, the Middle East, and parts of Asia in a remarkably short period of time. 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