Alexander the Great: The Conqueror Who Outran His Empire
A Roman glass cameo, first century BCE to third century CE, portrays Alexander wearing a lion skin long after his death. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Helen Miller Gould, 1910; 10.130.1400. CC0 / Public Domain. Source and rights In 334 BCE, Alexander III of Macedon crossed into Asia with an army inherited…