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Alexander the Great, scenes from his life and four of his companions: Seleucos, Antigonos, Kassandros, Ptolemaios. Edited by “Rigas of Velestino, the Thessalian”, 1797 Source: ellinikihistoria-com

#OnThisDay in ~June 10th/11th 323 BC, the Macedonian king Alexander the Great died at the young age of 33 from unknown causes in Babylon. It remains perhaps the most speculated-upon death in history. A thread: (1/20)

A bronze statue of Heracles (2nd cent. AD) found in the city of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris in Iraq. The unique inscriptions on his lower body are in Greek (right leg) and Parthian (left leg), with the former referring to the demigod as Heracles, the latter the Zoroastrian Verethragna

Ci vediamo questo sabato a Cagliari

Re-posting my thread on the theories and evidence regarding the death of Alexander, in light of it being the 2348th year since it happened

Marble head of Aphrodite emerges from the mud in the excavation of the ancient city of Aizanoi in modern day Turkey (or Türkiye). Probably 1st or 2nd century archeotravelers.com/en/2021/11/02/…

Interview: "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" Historian William Dalrymple (William Dalrymple) discusses his most recent book, "The Golden Road", bridging topics from Indo-Roman trade, religion, and the spread of Indian mathematics. tinyurl.com/4f8jz4pk

New read: “The Learned Banqueters” by Athenaeus This work is remarkable for the breadth of topics and the sheer number of literary references contained within: over 1000 authors and 10,000 quoted lines, many we would otherwise have lost, including several Hellenistic writings.

Happy #WorldCrocodileDay! 🐊 Detail of a crocodile on a mosaic with a nilotic scene. From Rome, dated to the 2nd century AD.

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Ancient Germanics First. Released in Britain twelve days from now: amazon.co.uk/Germania-Ancie…

Chill out Eubulus, he was just asking about fish recipes.

Lords of the Dance: it was considered customary for Macedonian kings to perform dances during banquets, equipped in full armor or entirely naked. It is believed to be religious or ceremonial, but such “war dances” were common in Greece. (Athenaeus, 4.155b, 5.195e-f, 12.550b)

100% chance he thought about GLADIATOR (2000) while he was running his hands over that wheat