Dates That Made History
8.6Returning SeriesDocumentaryWar & Politics

Dates That Made History

Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.

3. 323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great

323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great
8.0Mar 24, 2018 · 27 min

Alexander’s death marks the loss of the greatest conquerors in History, the only man who managed to extend the Empire to Eurasia, the Mediterranean and India. Different versions of The Romance of Alexander were found in the Persian, Arabian and Latin regions of the world, but also in Mali.