Travis Simpkins: Alexander the Great

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Monday, February 26, 2024

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Cleopatra. A Life. Biography by Stacy Schiff

I'm enjoying this biography of Cleopatra quite a bit.
An interesting portrayal of a fascinating and complex woman.

"The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt.
Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator.
Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and -- after his murder -- three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since.
Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life."

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of

Alexander III of Macedon

commonly known as

Alexander the Great

( 356 - 323 B.C. )

Ruler of the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon

Member of the Argead Dynasty

Collection of the British Museum

by Travis Simpkins

Alexander the Great - Historical Facts

For more info, please visit:

wikipedia.org/AlexandertheGreat

Alexander the Great. 356-323 B.C. The British Museum. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Alexander (2004): Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Rosario Dawson. Alexander the Great

Co-written and directed by Oliver Stone, Alexander (2004) is a much better film than some would lead you to believe. Although the theatrical release was a bore and tanked at the box office, Oliver Stone made amends in his revisions, and subsequent cuts of the film are much more cohesive and entertaining. Epic in length and scale, the battle scenes and CGI work are amazing. Alexander the Great and his far-reaching ancient conquests are brought to life in style… battles, pillaging and all. The costumes and sets are well-designed, even down to the golden leaf crown worn by Philip of Macedonia that has caused so much provenance, restitution and looting debate in recent years. Angelina Jolie is ravishing as Queen Olympias. Rosario Dawson is sultry as Roxana. The rest of the cast is good as well, including Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great, Jared Leto, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.