Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his ... Alexander routed Persian king Darius III, taking the empire for his own.

One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal opponent, Darius III of Persia. But in this retelling of history ...

The opening of the royal palace of Aigai to the public in 2024 reignited global interest in the life and legacy of Alexander the Great ... defeated the Persian King Darius III and captured ...

Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler, who tolerated other religions. “But I’d say as a Greek historian that the impact of Alexander ...