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| Weight | 8.00g | | Stone | 18/16mm | 18.5mm
19th century depiction of Alexander's funeral procession based on the description of Diodorus
Alexander placed the phalanx at the center and cavalry and archers on the wings, so that his line matched the length of the Persian cavalry line, about 3 km (1.86 mi)
3rd century BC mosaic, Pella Museum
[21] Some of the cities he founded became major cultural centers, many surviving into the 21st century
[216] Aspects of Hellenistic culture were still evident in the traditions of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-15th century
The Buddha, in Greco-Buddhist style, 1st–2nd century AD, Gandhara, ancient India
The coronation of Alexander depicted in medieval European style in the 15th century romance The History of Alexander’s Battles
[231] Alexander was used by these writers as an example of ruler values such as amicita (friendship) and clementia (clemency), but also iracundia (anger) and cupiditas gloriae (over-desire for glory)
Alexander the Great depicted in a 14th-century Byzantine manuscript
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