In 221, Alexander's grandmother, Maesa, persuaded the Emperor to adopt his cousin as successor and make him Caesar and Bassianus changed his name to Alexander.

Macmillan thought Alexander's urbane manner and willingness to discuss and compromise were a sensible way to maintain inter-Allied cooperation, but Alexander's reserve was such that some thought him empty of strategic ideas and unable to make decisions.

It seems that he wanted to make Alexander's life a legend — which it is today — through his book.

Heavy and faithful use of real world setting for inspiration, as in Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds, clearly derived from China, or Lloyd Alexander's use of real world cultures such as Welsh for The Chronicles of Prydain or Indian for The Iron Ring, make the line between fantasy worlds and alternate histories fuzzy.

Arrian mentions a quarrel with Alexander's secretary, Eumenes, but because of a missing page in the text, the greater part of the detail is missing, leaving only the conclusion, that something persuaded Hephaestion, though against his will, to make up the quarrel.

Julius Caesar had one ; so too did the eccentric Roman Emperor Caligula, who made a great fuss of his horse Incitatus, holding birthday parties for him, riding him while adorned with Alexander's breastplate and planning to make him a consul.

When the church sold its property to the government to make way for the National Museum of Scotland, Alexander's congregation worshipped in the Queen Street Hall until 1861 when the new church was completed on George IV Bridge, renamed Augustine Church because of Alexander's strong, albeit independent Augustinian influence in his sermons.

Plotting with Persia, Pythagorean cult members make another attempt on Alexander's life but he is able to fight them off.

Alexander's team used a specimen of Microraptor which was crushed flat to make their model, which Brougham and Brusatte argued did not reflect its actual anatomy.

Alexander's choice of normalization is to make the polynomial have a positive constant term.

On the eve of the battle of Issus ( 333BCE ), Alexander's biographers say, Alexander the Great was shown what the locals purported to be the tomb of Sardanapalus at Anchialus in Cilicia, with a relief carving of the king clapping his hands over his head and an inscription that the locals translated for him as " Sardanapalus, son of Anakyndaraxes, built Anchialus and Tarsus in a single day ; stranger, eat, drink and make love, as other human things are not worth this " ( signifying the clap of the hands ).

A reference to Emperor Alexander's promise to retain old laws and privileges in Finland was included, but the treaty overstepped any formal guarantees of the legal position of Finland's inhabitants.

The next line, " Did I ever miss the mark or overstep the line that only you could see " makes an apparent reference to Joseph Addison Alexander's poem " There is a line by us unseen / That crosses every path / The hidden boundary between / God's patience and His wrath .".

How could the Kambojas who otherwise find so prominent a mention ( 1 ) as independent rulers of a great Mahajanapada per Buddhist texts of 500 BCE ; 2 ) as a very salient Kshatriya tribe in Pāṇini's Ashtadhyayi of 400 BCE ; ( 3 ) as an important self-ruling people in Arthashastra of Kautiliya (~ 300 BCE )– the prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya which authority also glorifies the war horses of the Kamboja to be the foremost among the best breed of the known horses while making no reference whatsoever to the Gandharas or their horses ; and ( 4 ) lastly but not the least, also being so importantly referred to the Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra Rock Edicts of Asoka (~ 250 BCE ) etc – fell out of limelight so abruptly and becoming virtually extinct so suddenly in the intervening period of Alexander's invasion ( 326 BCE ) just 50 – 60 years anterior to king Asoka's reign unless we equate them to same people as the Aspasioi and Assakenoi of the Greek writings?

During Week 5, Alexander's lead blocker, Mack Strong, was injured with a herniated disk in his neck, forcing him to retire ; he was replaced by Leonard Weaver.

Alexander's parents were believers in eurythmy, passing on to her a similar interest in movement.

Guards watched throughout the night, except at Alexander's bedchamber, which was at the top of a ladder with a ferocious chained dog guarding the door.

Thebe, Alexander's wife and cousin ( or half-sister, as the daughter of Jason of Pherae ), concealed her three brothers in the house during the day, had the dog removed when Alexander had gone to rest, and, having covered the steps of the ladder with wool, brought up the young men to her husband's chamber.

Alexander's marriage with Henry's illegitimate daughter Sybilla de Normandy may have occurred as early as 1107, or as at late as 1114.

After Alexander's death, his strong realm was plunged into a period of darkness that would eventually lead to war with England.

When Yolande's pregnancy ended, probabably with a miscarriage, Alexander's granddaughter Margaret became the heir.

Several of Alexander's works were published in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495 – 1498 ; his De Fato and De Anima were printed along with the works of Themistius at Venice ( 1534 ); the former work, which has been translated into Latin by Grotius and also by Schulthess, was edited by J. C. Orelli, Zürich, 1824 ; and his commentaries on the Metaphysica by H. Bonitz, Berlin, 1847.

The American philosopher and educator John Dewey became impressed with the Alexander technique after his headaches, neck pains, blurred vision, and stress symptoms largely improved during the time he used Alexander's advice to change his posture.

While still a deacon under Alexander's care, he seems to have been brought for a while into close relations with some of the solitaries of the Egyptian desert, and in particular with the Anthony the Great, whose life he is said to have written.

Alexander's background recalls the association of both Nimoy and Patrick Stewart with Shakespeare roles, as well as the film turn by Shakespearean Christopher Plummer as a Klingon.

Omar Bradley, an American general on the Tunisian Campaign, credited Alexander's patience and experience with helping an inexperienced United States " field command mature and eventually come of age.

There has been speculation that during the prolonged process of the annulment, Lucrezia consummated a relationship with someone, perhaps Alexander's messenger Perotto.

However, some time after Alexander's death, Giovanni went to stay with Lucrezia in Ferrara, where he was accepted as her half-brother.

Alexander's influence — an emphasis on matter over style, on careful wording, with the occasional Homeric quotation — has been detected in Marcus ' Meditations.

After Alexander's untimely death in 323 BC, his Diadochi ( generals ) divided the empire among themselves, with the Macedonian warlord Seleucus setting up the Seleucid Kingdom, which included the Indus plain.

Alexander's pontificate was signaled by efforts to reunite the Eastern Orthodox churches with the Catholic Church, by the establishment of the Inquisition in France, by favours shown to the mendicant orders, and by an attempt to organize a crusade against the Tatars after the second raid against Poland in 1259.

His son and successor, Antiochus I Soter, was left with an enormous realm consisting of nearly all of the Asian portions of the Empire, but faced with Antigonus II Gonatas in Macedonia and Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Egypt, he proved unable to pick up where his father had left off in conquering the European portions of Alexander's empire.

** Antipater in control of Macedonia and Greece ( jointly with Alexander's chief lieutenant Craterus );

During Alexander's campaigns in the east, the Spartan king, Agis III sent a force to Crete in 333 BC with the aim of securing the island for Sparta.

In one of the most daunting logistical efforts of the Confederacy, Longstreet, with the divisions of Lafayette McLaws and John Hood, a brigade from George Pickett's division, and Porter Alexander's 26-gun artillery battalion, traveled over 16 railroads on a route through the Carolinas to reach Bragg in northern Georgia.

During Alexander ’ s captivity James attempted to split Clann Dòmhnall — Alexander's uncle John Mór was approached by an agent of the king to take the clan leadership but his refusal to have any dealings with the king while his nephew was held prisoner led to John Mór's attempted arrest and death.

It was one of four dynasties established by Alexander's successors, the others being the Seleucid dynasty, Ptolemaic dynasty and Attalid dynasty.

Shortly after Alexander's decision, he witnesses Worf being killed on the floor of the High Council.

* Demosthenes is convicted and imprisoned after being found guilty of misappropriating some of the funds that Alexander's treasurer, Harpalus, has brought with him.

Identified with the conquest of Man, Dumfries shared in the well being of Scotland for the next 22 years until Alexander's accidental death brought an Augustan era in the town's history to an abrupt finish.

Alexander's education was expensive and carefully planned, but not as much so as his elder brother Crown Prince George who was being primed for the throne.

He appears never to have been a danger for Alexander's succession to Philip II, notwithstanding their being of about the same age ; all the same, when the satrap of Caria Pixodarus proposed his daughter in marriage to Philip, who offered Arrhidaeus as husband, Alexander thought it prudent to block the operation, with considerable irritation of his father ( 337 BC ).

Arius interpreted Alexander's speech as being a revival of Sabellianism, condemned it, and then argued that " if the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not.

The Greek admiral Nearchus is believed to have been the first of Alexander's commanders to visit this islands, and he found a verdant land that was part of a wide trading network ; he recorded: “ That in the island of Tylos, situated in the Persian Gulf, are large plantations of cotton tree, from which are manufactured clothes called sindones, a very different degrees of value, some being costly, others less expensive.

According to Greek chroniclers, at the time of Alexander's invasion hyparchs Kubhesha, Hastin ( Astes ), and Ambhi ( Omphes ) were ruling the lower Kabul valley, Puskalavati ( modern Charasadda ), and Taxila, respectively, while Ashvajit ( chief of Aspasoi / Aspasii or Ashvayanas ) and Assakenos ( chief of Assakenoi or Ashvakayanas, both being parts of the Kambojas ) ruled the upper Kabul valley and Mazaga / Massaga ( Mashkavati ), respectively.

This implied that Alexander's forces in Tunisia would invade Sardinia, that being the only other plausible target.

Alexander's success in the previous season led to his being featured on the cover of Madden NFL 07, making him the first player to appear on the covers of both EA Sports football titles — previously appearing on NCAA Football 2001.

Like the Soul Stirrers, the Travelers traded the lead between their two best singers, Kylo Turner, a baritone with the same facility as a note-bending falsetto as R. H. Harris of the Soul Stirrers, and Keith Barber, also nicknamed " Doc " or " Crip ", who changed from being a sweet-voiced tenor to a hard gospel shouter under Alexander's direction.

After being reorganized into a real estate company, Alexander's began selling off its valuable properties to developers ( the company had owned all the real estate its large stores sat on aside from the World Trade Center location ).

Shirley Alexander's divorce and subsequent marriage to Ulmer led to his being exiled from the major Hollywood studios.

Donna, along with Kyle Rayner ( now called Ion ), leads the team to attack Alexander Luthor through his space rift, giving Nightwing, Superboy, and Wonder Girl the time needed to destroy Alexander's device, and save the two Supermen and Wonder Woman from being merged with their Earth-Three counterparts.

The family is a success and have soon hit the top, thrilling audiences at New York's famed Hippodrome Theatre with an extravagant multi-themed performance of " Alexander's Ragtime Band " with each family member being featured in their own segment in addition to the ensemble sections which bookend the piece.

During Ivan Alexander's rule, the Second Bulgarian Empire entered a period of cultural renaissance, which is sometimes referred to as the " Second Golden Age of Bulgarian culture ", the original one being the rule of Simeon the Great.

Alexander's duties consisted of being suspended in a horizontal position on top of a rod, performing as a blindfolded medium, and being lifted from an empty portfolio.

The Citadel at Farah is one of a series of fortresses constructed by Alexander the Great, the city being an intermediate stop between Herat, the location of another of Alexander's fortresses, and Kandahar.

According to Curtius Rufus, Alexander's men mocked the guest, probably out of jealousy, and accused him of being a bit of a glutton.

They were usually arrayed on the right flank ( this being the position of honour in Hellenic armies, where the best troops would be positioned ), and typically carried out the decisive maneuver / assault of the battle under Alexander's direct leadership.