Analysis by Rossella Lorenzi Wear patterns on one of the most celebrated mosaics of antiquity have allowed researchers to reconstruct exactly how ancient Romans viewed the artwork. Found during the 1831 excavations in the lava-buried town of Pompeii, the Alexander mosaic (now on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples) is the most famous example of an early tessellated […]

ARRIAN – THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER Penguin Classics, Translated by Aubrey De Selincourt [1] At Athens too there was a certain amount of trouble; but resistance collapsed the moment Alexander approached and he was granted even greater honours than his father Philip before him. Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander Book 1, page 42 [2] They then presented themselves in the […]

Erroneous Claim: “Greek was the lingua franca before Alexander the Great’s era, like English is today” The above  is a widely-used false claim promoted mainly by FYROM’s propaganda. The status of lingua franca, especially during the Achaemenid period (539-333) through the vast Persian empire[1] and the Mediteranean world had the Aramaic language. [2] Greek was not the lingua franca during the reign of […]

Alexander The Great – The Path to Deification “Military Review” Magazine    By Dr. Evangellos Tzahos Civil Engineer NTUA CONTENTS Introduction Crossing of Hellespont (Dardanelles) The Battle at Granikos The Conquest of Asia Minor To Cilycia The Battle at Issos The Conquest of Phoenicia and Egypt The Battle at Gaugamela The Conquest of Persepolis The East Satrapies Conquest The Indian […]

The Alexander Flyer/Leaflet originally published in 1797 by Rigas Velestilnis-Ferraios and republished 11 years after his death in 1809 . It is written in Greek (left side) and French (right side) and describes the life of Alexander the Great ‘leader of the Greeks’. Here is the English translation:   Writing at the top: ‘This engraving represents the busts of Alexander and those […]