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Alexander the Great, who used runners as message carriers, did not have to worry about having every officer in his command hear what he said and having hundreds of them comment at once.
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Aristotle (, Aristotélēs ) ( 384 BC – 322 BC ) was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
Aristotle's influence over Alexander the Great is seen in the latter's bringing with him on his expedition a host of zoologists, botanists, and researchers.
Category: Philosophers and tutors of Alexander the Great
The conventions of this representation, head tilted, lips slightly parted, large-eyed, curling hair cut in locks grazing the neck, were developed in the 3rd century BCE to depict Alexander the Great.
Alexander the Great in Greek and Roman Art.
* Ada of Caria, satrap deposed by her brother Idrieus and restored by Alexander the Great
In the 4th century BC Alexander the Great conquered the peninsula, defeating the Persians.
In the latter part of the 4th century BC, the Macedonian Greek king Alexander the Great conquered the peninsula.
Philippus claimed descent from Alexander the Great, and was elected consul in 56 BC.
Alexander the Great threw a spear to Abydos while crossing the strait and claimed Asia as his own.
As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, Alexander I was an uncle of Alexander the Great.
In a famous passage that is often considered the first specimen of alternative history, Livy speculates on what would have been the outcome of a military showdown between Alexander the Great and the Roman Republic.
Category: Alexander the Great
Great solicitude was devoted to the education of Nicolas as tsarevich, whereas Alexander received only the training of an ordinary Grand Duke of that period.
Alexander the warrior and knight: the reverse side of Alexander II's Great Seal, enhanced as a 19th century steel engraving.
* Alexander the Great, ancient Greek king and general
The most famous is Alexander the Great, who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of King Alexander III, commonly known as " Alexander the Great ".
* Alexander the Great ( Alexander III of Macedon ), King of Macedon, 356 – 323 BC

Alexander and introduced
The idea of Central Asia as a distinct region of the world was introduced in 1843 by the geographer Alexander von Humboldt.
Stan Ogden and Hilda Ogden were introduced in 1964, with Hilda ( Jean Alexander ) becoming one of the most famous British soap characters of all time.
The idea was introduced by the architect Christopher Alexander in the field of architecture and has been adapted for various other disciplines, including computer science.
At the 1993 British Academy Awards ( BAFTA ) the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film was introduced.
When Babrius set down fables from the Aesopica in verse for a Hellenistic Prince " Alexander ," he expressly stated at the head of Book II that this type of " myth " that Aesop had introduced to the " sons of the Hellenes " had been an invention of " Syrians " from the time of " Ninos " ( personifying Nineveh to Greeks ) and Belos (" ruler ").
Primitive respirator examples were used by miners and introduced by Alexander von Humboldt already in 1799, when he worked as a mining engineer in Prussia ; long before that there was a Plague doctor's bird beak shaped mask / face piece filled with herbs.
In the early 1960s, Alexander Grothendieck introduced étale maps into algebraic geometry as algebraic analogues of local analytic isomorphisms in analytic geometry.
Following the defeat of Napoleon, Alexander I was willing to discuss constitutional reforms, and though a few were introduced, no thoroughgoing changes were attempted.
An interesting innovation was introduced in Russia in the judicial reform of Alexander II: unlike in modern jury trials, jurors decided not only whether the defendant was guilty or not guilty, but they had the third choice: " Guilty, but not to be punished ", since Alexander II believed that justice without morality is wrong.
Trial by jury was first introduced in the Russian Empire as a result of the Judicial reform of Alexander II in 1864, and abolished after the October Revolution in 1917.
They were introduced to composer Alexander Glazunov, a professor at the Conservatory, who asked to see Prokofiev and his music ; Glazunov was so impressed that he urged Prokofiev's mother that her son apply to the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
After his conquest of Persia, Alexander the Great introduced Persian etiquette into his own court, including the practice of proskynesis.
* The first United States federal budget bill is introduced by Alexander Hamilton.
In 1971, the " Point / Counterpoint " segment was introduced, featuring James J. Kilpatrick and Nicholas von Hoffman ( later Shana Alexander ), a three-minute debate between spokespeople for the political right and left, respectively.
* February 27 – The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives, asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
On 27 June 2001, the Intelligence Services Act 2001 ( ISA ) was introduced into Parliament by then Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer, which proposed significant changes to the Australian Intelligence Community ( AIC ).
On 15 October 2003, the Intelligence Services Amendment Bill 2003 was introduced into Parliament by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, as an amendment to the original Intelligence Services Act 2001 ( ISA ).
It had ended the Pisan schism, ratified the censorship of books introduced by Alexander VI and imposed tithes for a war against the Turks.
Appleton was first introduced to Russian musicians and artists by the choral conductor / ethnologist Dmitri Pokrovsky ( 1944 – 1996 ) and this began his compositional return to instrumental and choral music, much of it composed for the pianist Julia Turkina and cellist Alexander Zagorinsky.
A bird in the parrot family was named Psittacus alexandri, meaning " Alexander's parrot ", after Alexander the Great whose armies introduced eastern parakeets to Greece.
Alexander the Great introduced the fruit into Europe after he conquered the Persians.
When, shortly afterwards, Antonia confesses to him that she has also been sleeping with his older brother Alexander ever since he introduced them to each other (" You mean you didn't know at all?
Paul K. Davis writes that " Pydna marked the final destruction of Alexander ’ s empire and introduced Roman authority over the Near East.

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