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'''Alexander III of Macedon''' (356 BCE – 323 BCE), commonly known as '''Alexander the Great''', was a King of {{Wiki|Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia}}, and one of the most successful conquerors in history.
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'''Alexander III of Macedon''' (356 BCE – 323 BCE), commonly known as '''Alexander the Great''', was a King of [[Makedonia]] who conquered the [[Achaemenid Empire]]. For this act, he is heralded as one of the most successful conquerors in history.
   
 
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Alexander the Great's empire was backed by proto-[[Templars]], who had entrusted him with a [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]], explaining why Alexander was able to become so successful and undefeated.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref><ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' - [[Abstergo Files]]</ref> In addition to the Staff, which reinforced his rule, Alexander wielded the [[Trident of Eden]] in battle.<ref name="ACLD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref>
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Alexander the Great's empire was backed by proto-[[Templars]], who had entrusted him with a [[Scepter of Alexander the Great|Staff of Eden]], explaining why Alexander was able to become so successful and undefeated.<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref><ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Abstergo Files#File.0.02\Hst_Beginning|Abstergo Files: "File.0.02\Hst_Beginning"]]</ref> In addition to the Staff, which reinforced his rule, Alexander wielded the [[Trident of Eden]] in battle.<ref name="ACLD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants]]''</ref>
   
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During his successful conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander and his Macedonians entered Egypt, freeing the land from Persian influence and being saluted as liberators by the populacy. There, Alexander also visited the Oracle of Amun in [[Siwa]], which prophesied his exploits and hailed him as Son of Zeus.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
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During his successful conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander and his Macedonians entered [[Egypt]], freeing the land from Persian influence and being saluted as liberators by the populacy. There, Alexander also visited the [[Oracle of Amun]] in [[Siwa]], which prophesied his exploits and hailed him as Son of Ammon.<ref name="DT Alexander Ammon">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]'' – [[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt#Siwa|Siwa: "Alexander the Great, Son of Ammon"]]</ref>
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Alexander also attempted to conquer the region of [[Cappadocia]] in Central [[Anatolia]], but failed due to his lengthy military campaigns. Instead, an autonomous and independent kingdom was instead established, led by its own king outside of Alexander's kingdom.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Database: Cappadocia]]</ref>
   
 
Around 330 BCE, Alexander discovered the [[Herat Temple]], an ancient temple built by the [[Isu]], in [[Herat]], [[Afghanistan]]. He built the [[Herat Citadel]] atop its remains.<ref name="ACCI">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''</ref>
  
Around 330 BCE, Alexander discovered the [[Herat Temple]], an ancient temple built by the [[Isu]], in [[Herat]], [[Afghanistan]]. He built the [[Herat Citadel]] atop its remains.<ref name="ACCI">''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India]]''</ref>
   
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After conquering the {{Wiki|Achaemenid Empire}}, Alexander set out to take over the {{Wiki|Punjab region}} of [[India]]. In the area between the {{Wiki|Jelum River|Jelum}} and {{Wiki|Chenab River}}, he encountered a prince named {{Wiki|King Porus|Porus}} in what would become known as the {{Wiki|Battle of the Hydaspes}}.<ref name="ACI"/> Despite the Punjab force's numerical superiority, including 200 elephants, Alexander's troops flanked Porus' left side. The maneuver caused the elephants to panic, and Alexander's highly mobile cavalry proved too strong for the Punjab force.<ref name="ACI"/> Presumably impressed with Porus' military elegance and spirit, Alexander allowed him to retain his kingdom after the battle. Porus became an ally and subordinate ruler of Alexander, until sometime between 321 BCE and 315 BCE, when he was assassinated by {{Wiki|Eudemus (general)|Eudemus}}, one of Alexander's generals.<ref name="ACI"/>
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After conquering the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander set out to take over the {{Wiki|Punjab region}} of [[India]]. In the area between the {{Wiki|Jhelum River|Jhelum}} and {{Wiki|Chenab River}}, he encountered a prince named {{Wiki|King Porus|Porus}} in what would become known as the {{Wiki|Battle of the Hydaspes}}.<ref name="ACI"/> Despite the Punjab force's numerical superiority, including 200 elephants, Alexander's troops flanked Porus' left side. The maneuver caused the elephants to panic, and Alexander's highly mobile cavalry proved too strong for the Punjab force.<ref name="ACI"/> Presumably impressed with Porus' military elegance and spirit, Alexander allowed him to retain his kingdom after the battle. Porus became an ally and subordinate ruler of Alexander, until sometime between 321 BCE and 315 BCE, when he was assassinated by {{Wiki|Eudemus (general)|Eudemus}}, one of Alexander's generals.<ref name="ACI"/>
   
 
During his reign, Alexander had created one of the largest empires in the world, and created a new {{Wiki|Hellenistic period|Hellenistic}} civilization by leaving Greek colonists in his conquered lands. As he continued his conquest of Asia, a group of proto-[[Assassins]] realized that Alexander's success could not be caused by military prowess alone, suspecting that he held the Staff.<ref name="ACI"/>
  
During his reign, Alexander had created one of the largest empires in the world, and created a new {{Wiki|Hellenistic period|Hellenistic}} civilization by leaving Greek colonists in his conquered lands. As he continued his conquest of Asia, a group of proto-[[Assassins]] realized that Alexander's success could not be caused by military prowess alone, suspecting that he held the Staff.<ref name="ACI"/>
   
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===Death===
 
Thus, in June 323 BCE, the proto-Assassin [[Iltani]] infiltrated the palace of [[Nebuchadnezzar II]], where she poisoned Alexander.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> On 13 June, he died of the poisoning, and his empire soon began to crumble.<ref name="ACI"/> His body was interred alongside his Staff of Eden in a [[Tomb of Alexander the Great|tomb]] in [[Alexandria]], the city in [[Egypt]] that he founded.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> The three prongs of his Trident of Eden were split after his death amongst his generals, including [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] and [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]].<ref name="ACLD"/>
  
Thus, in June 323 BCE, the proto-Assassin [[Iltani]] infiltrated the palace of [[Nebuchadnezzar II]], where she poisoned Alexander.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> On 13 June, he died of the poisoning, and his empire soon began to crumble.<ref name="ACI"/> His body was interred alongside his Staff of Eden in a [[Tomb of Alexander the Great|tomb]] in [[Alexandria]], the city in [[Egypt]] that he founded.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> The three prongs of his Trident of Eden were split after his death amongst his generals, including [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus]] and [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]].<ref name="ACLD"/>
   
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*Historically, Alexander the Great was described to have heterochromia, a common characteristic among [[Sages]].
  
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In 48 BCE, Aya and Bayek found the [[Tomb of Alexander the Great]] to help [[Cleopatra]] impress [[Julius Caesar]]. This allowed Caesar's ally [[Flavius Metellus]], a Roman general and leader of the [[Order of the Ancients]], to take Alexander the Great's Staff of Eden.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[Aya: Blade of the Goddess]]</ref> Following the [[Battle of the Nile]], Cleopatra was crowned queen and possessed Alexander's Staff.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Battle of the Nile]]</ref>
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*Historically, he visited the [[Siwa|Siwa Oasis]], the location of a [[Siwa Vault|vault]] that would later be opened using his Staff of Eden and an Apple of Eden.
  
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In 2012, Alexander was one of many historical people included in the [[Glyphs|Glyph]] puzzles the late [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Clay Kaczmarek]] had left behind in the [[Animus]] as messages for his successor [[Desmond Miles]] to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]</ref> Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Alexander was excluded from the list of historical individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a [[Swords of Eden|Sword of Eden]]. He was however, included in the list of historical individuals revealed to have wielded a [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs#5|Glyph #5: "Instruments of Power"]]</ref>
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Historically, Alexander the Great was described to have heterochromia, a common characteristic among [[Sages]].<ref name=conradt>{{cite web|url=http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/82818|title=The Quick 10: Nine People with Heterochromia (and one without)|first=Stacy|last=Conradt|date=16-03-2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423174552/http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/82818|archivedate=23-04-2012|work=Mental Floss|accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="pearce">Pearce, John M. S., "Fragments of Neurological History". Imperial College Press: 2003, p. 248.</ref>
   
 
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Rembrandt_alexander.jpg|''Alexander the Great'' by {{Wiki|Rembrandt}}
  
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AlexandertheGreat-Staff.jpg|''Entry of Alexander into [[Babylon]]'' by {{Wiki|Charles le Brun}}
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alexander the great.jpg|''Alexander taming {{Wiki|Bucephalus}}'' by François Schommer
 
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This article is about King of Macedon. For other uses, see Alexander (disambiguation).

Alexander III of Macedon (356 BCE – 323 BCE), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a King of Makedonia who conquered the Achaemenid Empire. For this act, he is heralded as one of the most successful conquerors in history.

Biography

Rise to power

Alexander the Great's empire was backed by proto-Templars, who had entrusted him with a Staff of Eden, explaining why Alexander was able to become so successful and undefeated.[2][3] In addition to the Staff, which reinforced his rule, Alexander wielded the Trident of Eden in battle.[4]

During his successful conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander and his Macedonians entered Egypt, freeing the land from Persian influence and being saluted as liberators by the populacy. There, Alexander also visited the Oracle of Amun in Siwa, which prophesied his exploits and hailed him as Son of Ammon.[5]

Alexander also attempted to conquer the region of Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, but failed due to his lengthy military campaigns. Instead, an autonomous and independent kingdom was instead established, led by its own king outside of Alexander's kingdom.[6]

Around 330 BCE, Alexander discovered the Herat Temple, an ancient temple built by the Isu, in Herat, Afghanistan. He built the Herat Citadel atop its remains.[7]

After conquering the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander set out to take over the Punjab region of India. In the area between the Jhelum and Chenab River, he encountered a prince named Porus in what would become known as the Battle of the Hydaspes.[1] Despite the Punjab force's numerical superiority, including 200 elephants, Alexander's troops flanked Porus' left side. The maneuver caused the elephants to panic, and Alexander's highly mobile cavalry proved too strong for the Punjab force.[1] Presumably impressed with Porus' military elegance and spirit, Alexander allowed him to retain his kingdom after the battle. Porus became an ally and subordinate ruler of Alexander, until sometime between 321 BCE and 315 BCE, when he was assassinated by Eudemus, one of Alexander's generals.[1]

During his reign, Alexander had created one of the largest empires in the world, and created a new Hellenistic civilization by leaving Greek colonists in his conquered lands. As he continued his conquest of Asia, a group of proto-Assassins realized that Alexander's success could not be caused by military prowess alone, suspecting that he held the Staff.[1]

Death

Thus, in June 323 BCE, the proto-Assassin Iltani infiltrated the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, where she poisoned Alexander.[8] On 13 June, he died of the poisoning, and his empire soon began to crumble.[1] His body was interred alongside his Staff of Eden in a tomb in Alexandria, the city in Egypt that he founded.[9] The three prongs of his Trident of Eden were split after his death amongst his generals, including Seleucus and Ptolemy.[4]

Legacy

Antiquity

In 48 BCE, Aya and Bayek found the Tomb of Alexander the Great to help Cleopatra impress Julius Caesar. This allowed Caesar's ally Flavius Metellus, a Roman general and leader of the Order of the Ancients, to take Alexander the Great's Staff of Eden.[10] Following the Battle of the Nile, Cleopatra was crowned queen and possessed Alexander's Staff.[11]

Modern times

In 2012, Alexander was one of many historical people included in the Glyph puzzles the late Assassin Clay Kaczmarek had left behind in the Animus as messages for his successor Desmond Miles to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.[12] Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Alexander was excluded from the list of historical individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a Sword of Eden. He was however, included in the list of historical individuals revealed to have wielded a Staff of Eden.[13]

Behind the scenes

Historically, Alexander the Great was described to have heterochromia, a common characteristic among Sages.[14][15]

Gallery

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Assassin's Creed: Initiates
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Abstergo Files: "File.0.02\Hst_Beginning"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants
  5. ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Siwa: "Alexander the Great, Son of Ammon"
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Database: Cappadocia
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed II
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Aya: Blade of the Goddess
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Battle of the Nile
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #5: "Instruments of Power"
  14. ↑ Conradt, Stacy (16-03-2011). The Quick 10: Nine People with Heterochromia (and one without). Mental Floss. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved on 4 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Pearce, John M. S., "Fragments of Neurological History". Imperial College Press: 2003, p. 248.

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