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No joke—Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great is LIVE on Steam!

Lead Alexander’s armies in epic battles on Windows and Mac. To celebrate, enjoy 15% OFF for the first 7 days of launch!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570700/Arete/

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#AlexanderTheGreat and Julius #Caesar were both epileptic.

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Toby Wilkinson's "The Last Dynasty" is a definitive text on Ptolemaic Egypt. #History #AlexanderTheGreat #Alexander #AncientEgypt #Cleopatra #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-515-en/

For those interested in the Steam version of Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great, you can check out the game page and wishlist it here. I'm hoping they'll approve the code in the coming weeks and I'm offering a 15% off discount for a week after it launches.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3570700/Arete/

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#AlexanderTheGreat and Julius #Caesar were both epileptic.

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My neighbourhood is so #Greek there's a very small park on the main street that features TWO different statues of #AlexanderTheGreat.

2,100-year-old Alexander mosaic reveals secrets in first-ever analysis

The Alexander Mosaic, a remarkable find from Pompeii’s ruins, continues to captivate, art lovers and scholars. It depicts the key Battle of Issus (333 BCE), where Alexander the Great led his army to defeat the Persian ruler Darius III. Recent research in PLOS ONE investigated the mosaic’s composition and revealed its diverse origins...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/alexander-mosaic-reveals-secrets-in-analysis/

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$0 #free #book
Alexander The Great: A History From Beginning To End (One Hour History Military Generals Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D8DIOPS/

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"From Cyrus to Alexander" by Pierre Briant offers a detailed history of the Persian Empire, focusing on its administration, culture, and military. #History #AlexanderTheGreat #AchaemenidEmpire #Greek #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-496-en/

@theboardgameschronicle did write-up and a full playthrough vid of the Chaeronea scenario in my game, Arete: Battles of Alexander. Check it out!

https://theboardgameschronicle.com/2024/11/20/example-of-play-for-arete-the-battles-of-alexander-the-great/

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Ancient purple tunic discovered in Vergina tomb: could it belong to Alexander the Great?

A team led by Antonis Bartsiokas of Democritus University of Thrace has presented compelling evidence that a purple and white tunic found in Greece’s Royal Tombs at Vergina might have once belonged to Alexander the Great...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/10/purple-tunic-discovered-in-vergina/

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Thessalonike of Macedon (c. 345-295 BCE) was the daughter of Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BCE) and one of his several consorts, Nikesipolis of Pherae (also spelt Nicesipolis). #History #Macedon #Cassander #AlexanderTheGreat #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Thessalonike_of_Macedon/

#history #AlexandertheGreat #India #Buddhism #Epicureanism #culture #civilization #society #art #philosophy

In the annals of #history, few names loom as large as Alexander III of Macedon, or #AlexandertheGreat. His impressive titles: King of Macedonia, Hegemon of the Hellenic League, and #PharaohofEgypt.

In 1957, the historian A.K. Narain wrote of Alexander and his army: “They came, they saw, but #India conquered.”

https://www.thejuggernaut.com/alexander-the-great-india-campaign-history?s=cm1tuahuo005zs601s5bdv7z6

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the Alexander Sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeological Museum. It was discovered in Sidon.

#sarcophagus #AlexanderTheGreat #Istanbul #archaeology #sidon

**Podcast with Rachel Kousser, author of “Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great”**

"_But what drove Alexander to keep marching? What was the kind of empire Alexander wanted to build? And why did he eventually turn back at the Indus River, his soldiers begging for him to return home?_"

https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/podcast-with-rachel-kousser-author-of-alexander-at-the-end-of-the-world-the-forgotten-final-years-of-alexander-the-great/

#Audio #Podcast #History #Histodon #Histodons #AlexanderTheGreat #Empire #Imperialism #Read #Reading #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon @histodon @histodons

**How Alexander the Great Taught me How to Live**

_There are three crucial ideas in this four-sentence letter that left me sleepless for days. First, Alexander confirms to us that an exclusive piece of knowledge exists; second, that those who possess it have an edge over those who do not (‘what is there now that we excel others in…’); and finally third, perhaps the most amazing part of this letter, is the fact that Alexander tells to his tutor that he would rather excel in this knowledge than ‘in the extent of my power and dominion’._

https://armenikus.substack.com/p/how-alexander-the-great-taught-me

#Artistotle #AlexanderTheGreat #Philosophy @philosophy

In case you missed it Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great is LIVE on the iOS App Store! Hex-and-counter goodness on your iPhone and iPad.
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arete-battles-of-alexander/id6503917149
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#Wargames #HexAndCounter #Wargaming #AlexanderTheGreat #AncientHistory #IndieGameDev #Arete

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the street to the Alexander House, Priene, Turkiye.

#priene #archaeology #turkiye #AlexanderTheGreat #street #GreekCity

Today's poem:

In Priene
- by David Mason

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/753975508350418944/in-priene?source=share

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#return #war #homecoming #sea #greek #DavidMason #hun #death