{"id":13760,"date":"2019-04-01T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=13760"},"modified":"2019-03-23T19:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T02:20:58","slug":"sylum-inspiration-alexander-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-alexander-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Inspiration: Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sanguen Vitae: Clan Leader<\/h2>\n

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Alexander<\/a> as a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle until the age of 16. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of history\u2019s most successful commanders.<\/p>\n

Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II of Macedon, to the throne in 336 BC after Philip was assassinated. Upon Philip\u2019s death, Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army. He had been awarded the generalship of Greece and used this authority to launch his father\u2019s military expansion plans. In 334 BC, he invaded the Achaemenid empire, ruled Asia Minor, and began a series of campaigns that lasted ten years. Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew the Persian King Darius III and conquered the entirety of the Persian Empire. At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River.<\/p>\n

Seeking to reach the \u201cends of the world and the Great Outer Sea\u201d, he invaded India in 326 BC, but was eventually forced to turn back at the demand of his troops. Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC, without executing a series of planned campaigns that would have begun with an invasion of Arabia. In the years following his death, a series of civil wars tore his empire apart, resulting in several states ruled by the Diadochi, Alexander\u2019s surviving generals and heirs.<\/p>\n

Alexander\u2019s legacy includes the cultural diffusion his conquests engendered. He founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most notably Alexandria in Egypt. Alexander\u2019s settlement of Greek colonists and the resulting spread of Greek culture in the east resulted in a new Hellenistic civilization, aspects of which were still evident in the traditions of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-15th century. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mold of Achilles, and he features prominently in the history and myth of Greek and non-Greek cultures. He became the measure against which military leaders compared themselves, and military academies throughout the world still teach his tactics.<\/p>\n

After Alexander traveled to Ecbatana to retrieve the bulk of the Persian treasure, his closest friend and possible lover, Hephaestion, died of illness or poisoning. Hephaestion\u2019s death devastated Alexander, and he ordered the preparation of an expensive funeral pyre in Babylon, as well as a decree for public mourning. Back in Babylon, Alexander planned a series of new campaigns, beginning with an invasion of Arabia, but he would not have a chance to realize them, as he died shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

For more information contact the Vampire Council Library<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexander had developed a fever and succumbed to his bed unable to even talk.<\/p>\n

When he laid in bed he was visited by emissaries from Egypt, Ardeth Bey and Rick. It was Ardeth\u00a0that told him he had too much to live for, and Turned him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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