Lucian, writing in his book On Slips of the Tongue describes an occasion when Hephaestion's conversation one morning implied that he had been in Alexander's tent all night, and Plutarch describes the intimacy between them when he tells how Hephaestion was in the habit of reading Alexander's letters with him, and of a time when he showed that the contents of a letter were to be kept secret by touching his ring to Hephaestion's lips.

On the eve of battle Alexander's generals including Parmenion suggested that to counter the overwhelming number of Persians, a surprise night attack should be launched.

On June 4, he had two triples and two RBIs as the Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 5 – 1, a game that ended future Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander's 11-game winning streak.

" You Better Move On " is perhaps Alexander's best-known song, covered by the Rolling Stones, the Hollies, George Jones & Johnny Paycheck and Mink DeVille.

On St. Andrew's Day 2010, three years to the day after Alexander's call for a Commission, the UK Government introduced a new Scotland Bill.

On Alexander III's death his granddaughter Margaret ( Maid of Norway ) was recognised as " right heir ", as had been agreed in Alexander's lifetime, but she was never inaugurated as Queen of Scots.

On some accounts, Alexander's decision to put the Magi on trial was more about his attempt to undermine their influence and his show of power in his newly conquered empire, than a concern for Cyrus's tomb.

On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-west Frontier of India.

On March 13, 1881 ( Julian date: March 1 ), as Tsar Alexander's carriage passed along the embankment, a grenade thrown by an anarchist conspirator exploded.

On its creation, the company kept the vibrant red and cream livery adopted by Alexander's Fife operations.

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 ).

On Alexander's bidding, Selene drinks his blood, enhancing her physical strength and healing abilities to a level equivalent to that of a Hybrid such as Michael and Markus themselves.

The Moralia include On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander the Great — an important adjunct to his Life of the great general — On the Worship of Isis and Osiris ( a crucial source of information on Egyptian religious rites ), and On the Malice of Herodotus ( which may, like the orations on Alexander's accomplishments, have been a rhetorical exercise ), in which Plutarch criticizes what he sees as systematic bias in the Father of History's work ; along with more philosophical treatises, such as On the Decline of the Oracles, On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance, On Peace of Mind and lighter fare, such as Odysseus and Gryllus, a humorous dialog between Homer's Odysseus and one of Circe's enchanted pigs.

Alexander's maternal great-aunt was empress Julia Domna ( also Maesa's younger sister ) and his great-uncle in marriage was emperor Lucius Septimius Severus.

Although the Principate continued in theory until the reign of Diocletian, Severus Alexander's death signalled the beginning of the chaotic period known as the Crisis of the Third Century which brought the empire to near collapse.

Emperor Caracalla ( 2nd-3rd c. AD ) had formed a Macedonian phalanx of 16, 000 men all born in Macedonia and commanded by officers bearing the names of Alexander's officers.

Aristotle had made no secret of his contempt for Alexander's pretense of divinity, and the king had executed Aristotle's grandnephew Callisthenes as a traitor.

A widespread tradition in antiquity suspected Aristotle of playing a role in Alexander's death, but there is little evidence for this.

Alexander's shortage of funds immediately made him subservient to the Polish Senate and nobility ( szlachta ), who deprived him of control of the mint ( then one of the most lucrative sources of revenue for the Polish kings ), curtailed his prerogatives, and generally endeavored to reduce him to a subordinate position.

As for the Mearns, the only known Mormaer of Mearns, Máel Petair, had murdered Alexander's half-brother Duncan II ( Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim ) in 1094.

The Isles now lay at Alexander's feet, and in 1266 Haakon's successor concluded the Treaty of Perth by which he ceded the Isle of Man and the Western Isles to Scotland in return for a monetary payment.

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 Notes on the Synthesis of Form was required reading for researchers in computer science throughout the 1960s.

* Official website for Alexander's Pattern Language

For instance, in Christopher Alexander's work, bus stops and waiting rooms in a surgery center are both part of the context for the pattern " A PLACE TO WAIT ".

Alexander's other important reforms included introduction of local self-government ( Zemstvo ) for the rural districts and towns, reform of the judiciary, and of the military service.

The Axis forces in Tunisia surrendered by May 1943, and Alexander's command became the 15th Army Group, which was, under Eisenhower, responsible for mounting in July the Allied invasion of Sicily, again seeing Alexander controlling two armies: Montgomery's Eighth Army and George S. Patton's Seventh United States Army.

Of Alexander, Alan Brooke felt that he needed an able chief of staff " to think for him ", while Montgomery ( Alexander's subordinate in Africa and Italy ) claimed to think of Alexander as " incompetent " and success was only attained in Tunisia only because Montgomery lent Brian Horrocks to organise the coup de grace.

The area of Karachi was known to the ancient Greeks by many names: Krokola, the place where Alexander the Great camped to prepare a fleet for Babylonia after his campaign in the Indus Valley ; ' Morontobara ' ( probably Manora island near Karachi harbour ), from whence Alexander's admiral Nearchus set sail ; and Barbarikon, a port of the Bactrian kingdom.

* Crown Prince Alexander's Foundation for Culture and Education

The Prince of Wales planned Alexander's funeral and also set a date for the new Emperor Nicholas II's wedding to Alix.

He was influenced by Alexander's vision of building a world empire that would encompass the east and the west, and this created a drive for his subsequent military campaigns in Asia and in Africa, as well as in Europe.

Alexander's generals ( the Diadochi ) jostled for supremacy over parts of his empire.

Following Alexander's brief occupation, the Hellenistic successor states of the Seleucids and Greco-Bactrians controlled the area for another 200 years in what is known as the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.

The first wife of Alexander, Roxana, arranges for Alexander's second wife, Stateira ( Barsine ), to be killed.

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.

Some historians have also conjectured that Alexander crucified Callisthenes, his official historian and biographer, for objecting to Alexander's adoption of the Persian ceremony of royal adoration.

Even if the king was not accountable for his management of the kingdom's entries, he may have felt responsible to defend his administration on certain occasions: Arrian tells us that during the mutiny of Alexander's soldiers at Opis in 324 BC, Alexander detailed the possessions of his father at his death to prove he had not abused his charge.

In any case, Alexander's toppling of the Achaemenid Empire, after his victories at the battles of the Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, and advance as far as modern-day Pakistan and Tajikistan, provided an important outlet for Greek culture, via the creation of colonies and trade routes along the way.

Alexandra's widowed sister, the Dowager Empress, leant heavily on her for support ; Alexandra slept, prayed, and stayed beside her sister for the next two weeks until Alexander's burial.

The attitude of Bismarck, who, in conjunction with the Russian and Austrian governments, forbade him to punish the leaders of the military conspiracy, also undermined Alexander's position.

To cement his position, Perdiccas tried to marry Alexander's sister Cleopatra.

The difficult position of the Allies was confirmed by the decision to send in the Russian Imperial Guard ; Grand Duke Constantine, Tsar Alexander's brother, commanded the Guard and counterattacked in Vandamme's section of the field, forcing a bloody effort and the only loss of a French standard in the battle ( the unfortunate victim was a battalion of the 4th Line Regiment ).

The difficult position of the Allies was confirmed by the decision to send in the Russian Imperial Guard ; Grand Duke Constantine, Tsar Alexander's brother, commanded the Guard and counterattacked in Vandamme's section of the field, forcing a bloody effort and the loss of the only French standard in the battle ( the unfortunate victim was a battalion of the 4th Line Regiment ).

Darius instead moved north from Sochi and around the mountains, emerging behind Alexander's position and on his supply and communication lines.

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.

Shortly before Alexander's demise, Antipater's position had recently come under threat, as Alexander's mother Olympias had been writing to her son that Antipater was fomenting unrest and disloyalty in Macedon.

The Persians expected the main assault to come from Alexander's position and moved units from their center to that flank.

In December 1944 Clark took Alexander's position as overall command of Allied ground troops in Italy, renamed as 15th Army Group-Alexander, now a Field Marshal, had become Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Headquarters in the Mediterranean-by that time an international coalition of numerous diverse cultures with often conflicting interests.

The Persians expected the main assault to come from Alexander's position and moved units from their center to that flank.

Alexander's position for the majority of his career was at half-back, however early in his career – particularly in representative sides – he was moved to fullback.

Ivan Alexander's rule was also marked by efforts to strengthen the position of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by pursuing heretics and Jews.

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.

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.

But still he does not appear to have felt very safe in his position, as we may conjecture from the extreme delight with which he received the news of Alexander's death, in consequence of which he erected a statue of euthymia, that is, joy or peace of mind.