Alexander the Great (TRIH eps 116-117)
331 BCE · Resource
This episode, the second in The Rest Is History's series on Alexander, follows Alexander the Great from Gaugamela through the conquest of Persia, the burning of Persepolis, the pursuit and death of Darius III, and the arduous campaigns in Bactria, Afghanistan and India. Holland and Sandbrook debate motives and sources: whether actions like the burning of Persepolis were revenge, political theatre, or later embellishment. They discuss Alexander's Persianizing policies (marriages, dress, prosky...
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Around 331 BCE
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Peloponnesian War (431 BCE)
- Plato (428 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)