Wednesday, June 28, 2006
This Day in Ancient History
On this day in 356 BC, Alexander the Great is born. A Macedonian, he defeats Darius, absorbs the Persian Empire, but then goes on to create his own empire from Egypt to India before he is 30, mainly because everyone wanted to be Greek to learn from their extraordinary accomplishments.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:10 AM 
