WASHINGTON: US military planners will have to delve deep into the history books to find the last Western commander to conquer Afghanistan. It has been 2,300 years since Alexander the Great swept ...

Alexander the Great died in June 323 B.C. in Babylon, in what is now Iraq, at age 32. By that time, he had conquered an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India. This empire collapsed ...

Alexander the Great ascended the Macedonian throne at age 20 and died just 12 years later, having conquered one of the largest empires in the ancient world. During that time, did he father any ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Apache, Zabul province, Afghanistan, can view the remnants of one of Alexander the Great's military fortification ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...