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Alexander der Grosse
Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds; and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returns this answer: “Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one?” Plutarch On the night of Alexander’s birth, tradition alleged, the Alexander at the age of 30, artistic image of the Azara herm (Louvre Paris) found in Tivoli. It was presented by the Diplomat Don Jose Nicholas de Azara, a diplomat and archaeologist to Napoleon. (Image . The Macedonians were considered a kind of semi-barbarians by the other Greeks, but finally Alexander helped to expand the Greek civilization that was already weak after so many wars. All mortals should live like one, united, and peacefully working towards the common good. You should regard the whole world as your country, a country where the best govern, with common laws, and no racial distinctions. I do not separate people, as many narrow-minded others do. I am not interested in the origin or race of citizens; I only distinguish them on the basis of their virtue. For my part, I consider all, whether they be white or black, equal. Alexander The Great.
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, a) head of Heracles b) Zeus Olympios, Once upon a time Philoneicus the Thessalian brought “Alexander was said to have paid seventy-eight thousand denarii for his horse Bucephalas (or Bucephalus) , who, when equipped for battle, would allow no other rider. Once, grievously wounded and dying from a loss of blood, the animal safely removed Alexander from the battle and then fell down dead. In his honor, a city was built and named Bucephalon (V.3).” Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights
The first European to acquire When Alexander the Great went to meet
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