10 Incredible Facts About Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, didn’t get his nickname for no reason. He conquered the known world by an age when most people are just getting out of entry-level positions at work. Even thousands of years after his death Alexander is still fascinating to us. And it’s no wonder, when you get into just how incredible his life truly was.

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10. Cleitus the Black saved his life at the Granicus River...
9. … and Alexander later murdered him with a javelin
8. No one knows how he died
7. He was taught by Aristotle
6. His horse was as famous as he was
5. He smelled great
4. He held a drinking competition and everyone died
3. He was famous for thinking outside the box
2. He was preserved in honey
1. He founded around 20 cities

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mosaic
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Alexander_the_Great_in_the_Temple_of_Jerusalem.jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Alexander_The_Greate_and_Roxane_by_Rotari_1756.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_killing_of_Cleitus_by_Andre_Castaigne_(1898-1899)_reduced.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_the_Great_mosaic.jpg#/media/File:Battle_of_Issus_mosaic_-_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_-_Naples_2013-05-16_16-25-06_BW.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleitus_the_Black
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleitus_the_Black#/media/File:Dani%C3%ABl_de_Blieck_-_Alexander_Slaying_Cleitus.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_the_Great_Founding_Alexandria.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Cleitus_saves_Alexander_in_the_charge_at_the_Granicus_(19th_century_adaptation_from_the_painting_by_Charles_le_Brun).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spithridates_attacking_Alexander_from_behind_at_the_Battle_of_Granicus.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Death_of_Alexander.gif
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ru/view-image.php?image=125808&picture=-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alexander_the_Great
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristotle_and_alexander_the_great.jpg
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Statue_of_Alexander_the_Great_riding_Bucephalus_and_carrying_a_winged_statue_of_Nike_(square_of_Alexander_the_Great)_in_Pella_city_(6914694770).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_and_Bucephalus_drawn_by_Victor_Adam._Printed_in_two-tone_by_Lemercier_in_Paris_in_1859.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_phalanx_attacking_the_centre_in_the_battle_of_the_Hydaspes_by_Andre_Castaigne_(1898-1899).jpg
https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:The_taming_of_Bucephalus_by_Andre_Castaigne_(1898-1899).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_Maria_Canuti_-_Alexander_and_Bucephalus.jpeg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Copy_of_Plutarch_at_Chaeronia,_Greece.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plutarch_at_Delphi.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_the_Great,_demonstrating_his_trust_in_his_physicia_Wellcome_V0016257.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_the_Great,_demonstrating_his_trust_in_Philip,_his_Wellcome_V0015926.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece_and_wine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/see-through-the-eye-of-g/6346453644
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sword_in_the_Stone,_Cahir.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot#/media/File:Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Godefroy_Alexandre_et_le_noeud_gordien.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_cutting_the_Gordian_Knot..gif
https://pixabay.com/ru/photos/%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B-%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80-2421820/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honey-PNG-Image-83961.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Alexander_the_Great
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/32118512128
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honey-benefits.jpg9