Alexander kills Cleitus the Black
328 BCE · Event
At a drunken banquet in Samarkand, the officer who saved Alexander's life at the Granicus mocks his Persian airs — and the king runs him through with a guard's spear. The days of remorse that follow change nothing: the companions have learned what the court has become.
On these timelines: Alexander the Great's Conquests, Ancient Greece, Master
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