He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Sisygambis, Darius’ mother, came to love Alexander ... and author of A short introduction: Alexander the Great, Briant bristles at the idea that Alexander achieved something that had never ...

John Moore/Getty Images Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler, who tolerated other religions. “But I’d say as a Greek historian that ...