After the assassination of his father, king philip ii, alexander took command of a newly united kingdom that combined the military might of macedonia and greece. Assassinations of history from philip of macedon, 336 b. Alexander the great by jacob abbott free ebook project gutenberg. Robot access to our site should be left as last resource, when everything else has failed. Project gutenbergs the anabasis of alexander, by arrian of nicomedia this ebook is for the. In the early part of alexanders life this was the main object of attention. Alexander the great alexander iii of macedon was one of historys great generals, a man studied by caesar and napoleon, among hundreds of others.
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