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Strange but True: Alexander the Great may have been buried alive!
Former student of Aristotle, this Macedonian prince was born in 356BC at Pella, and at the tender age of sixteen, was left in charge of ruling the kingdom while his father, Philip II, was leading an attack on Byzantium. During this time, Alexander and his army defeated the Maedi, a Thracian people. An ambitious warrior, he went on to command the left wing at the Battle of Chaeronea, in which he broke through the ranks of an elite military corps, the Sacred Band of Thebes, comprising one hundred and fifty pairs of lovers. A short time later, his parents split up. Alexander quarrelled with his father and fled with his mother to Epirus. From there, he continued to Illyria. After some time passed, he reunited with his father, returning to his homeland.
In 336BC, his father was assassinated. With such a glowing military record, Alexander used his sway with the army to succeed to the throne, whereupon he executed all other potential rivals to his rule. This included the princes of Lyncetis, who were alleged to have had involvement in King Philip’s death. It was at this point, that Alexander began his tireless campaigns, marching, battling, and conquering his way across great swathes of land, killing and enslaving thousands, and founding and renaming more than seventy cities after himself. By the time he was thirty-two years old, Alexander…