Follow Alexander the Great as he builds a tremendous empire, significantly changing and improving geography and history.

An image of Alexander the Great.

Coin of Alexander the Great. Alexander, at the time of his father's death, was in his twentieth year, having been born in B.C. 356. - Smith, 1882

A map showing the extent of the Empire of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, from Macedonia to northern Africa, across Asia Minor to the Indus River. The inset map show the site of the Battle of the Granicus in 334 BC, near Troy, where...

Alexander the Great's head on a silver coin of Lysimachus in 321-281 B.C.

The remains of the head of a portrait-statue in white marble of Alexander the Great in Greek style. The nose and the chin are chipped.

High relief sculpture of Alexander the Great on Bucephalas.

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An image of "Alexander the Great Refuses to Take Water", created by Giuseppe Cades in 1792 (Tempera with wax on canvas, 81 x 114 cm).

An image of "Alexander the Great", created by Couly Ii Nouailher, c. 1541 (Enamel, painted and partly gilded, on copper, diameter 23 cm).

An image of "Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem", created by Sebastiano Conca from 1735-37 (Oil on canvas, 52 x 70 cm).

Artist's portrait of Alexander the Great.

The Greek king of Macedon.

An image of "Alexander the Great and Roxane", created by Pietro Antonio Rotari in 1756 (Oil on canvas, 243 x 202 cm).

An image of "Story of Alexander the Great", created by Loyset Liedet from 1450-90 (Manuscript).

An image of "Alexander the Great Covers Darius's Corpse with a Coat", created by Gian Battista Zelotti from 1561-65 (Fresco).

An image of "Ideal Portrait of Alexander the Great", created by Andrea Del Verrocchio during the 1480's (Marble, 43 x 33 cm).

An image of "The Meeting of Alexander the Great and Diogenes", created by Pierre Puget from 1671-89 (Marble, 332 x 296 cm).

An image of "The Meeting of Alexander the Great and Diogenes", created by Pierre Puget from 1671-89 (Marble, 332 x 296 cm).

An image of "The Vigil of Alexander the Great", created by Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky from 1790-92 (Marble).

An image of "The Women of Darius's Family before Alexander the Great", created by Il Sodoma, c. 1517 (Fresco).

An image of "The Triumph of Alexander the Great", created by Gustave Moreau, c. 1885 (Oil on canvas, 155 x 155 cm).

An image of "The Family of Darius before Alexander the Great", created by Gaspare Dizianiz (Oil on canvas, 135 x 109 cm).