The warriors of Alexander of Macedon. Eliseev M.B.

August 2, 338 BC. e. Near the small town of Heronei, located in Central Greece, the Macedonian army under the command of Tsar Philip II and the troops of the anti-Macedonian coalition of the Greek cities-states met on a vast plain. In the followed by the Battle of Hellenic, they suffered a crushing defeat. A new era has come related to the conquest campaigns of the Macedonian army to the east, led by the son of Philip II Alexander. For three years, the soldiers of Alexander defeated the largest power of the world - the Persian empire, after conquering Central Asia and invaded India. Over 10 years of wars, Alexander created a world empire, extending from Greece to India. What allowed the Macedonians to defeat the best armies of the world and conquer the whole Oikumen? Why, after the death of Alexander the Great, the warriors of his victorious army were on different sides of the barricades and fought against each other? Was there an opportunity to preserve the great empire of Alexander the Great? Mikhail Eliseev gives answers to these and many other questions.