Mary Ann Bernal

Ancient Origins In June 323 BC, Alexander the Great died in Babylon aged 32, having conquered an empire stretching from modern Albania...

Ancient Origins The ancient city of Aegae in Greece, where the royal tombs are located, dates back to the 7th century BCE; it became Ma...

History Extra On our summer holidays in Greece at the end of August, I started getting excited messages from Greek friends about an ama...

Ancient Origins Archaeologists believe they have identified a second monument at the famous Kasta Hill in Amphipolis, Greece, which m...

June 22   168 BC Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeated and captured Macedonian King Perseus ending the Third M...

June 10 323 BC (or June 11) Alexander the Great, Macedonian king, died from either fever or excessive wine at the age of 32

Ancient Origins Archaeologists in Greece made a surprising announcement today at the International Conference ‘Aristotle 2400 Years’ – t...

May 22 334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.  

August 7  322 BC Battle of Crannon: Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and rebellious Greek forces led by the Athenians, was ...

August 2 338 BC A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, secur...

  A mosaic of Alexander the Great from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, c. 80 B.C. Credit: National Archaeologic Museum, Naples, Italy ...

      Cleopatra confronts Julius Caesar in this 1866 painting. She had been driven from the palace in Alexandria by her brother, Pt...

August 7  322 BC Battle of Crannon: Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and rebellious Greek forces led by the Athenians, was th...

August 2 338 BC A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securin...