After the passing of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E., the generals that succeeded him fought one another for control of the empire he left behind. One of the most brutal episodes of this ...
The Greek city of Rhodes emerged victorious from a yearlong siege by the Macedonian noble Demetrius Poliorcetes in 304 b.c. To commemorate their city’s resilience, the Rhodians built a towering bronze ...