ALEXANDER THE GREAT

October 17, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Art Auditorium, ART BUILDING

ALEXANDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD PROF RACHEL KOUSSER CUNY By 330 BCE, Alexander the Great had reached the pinnacle of success. Or so it seemed. He had defeated the Persian ruler Darius III and seized the capital city of Persepolis. His exhausted and traumatized soldiers were ready to return home to Macedonia. Yet Alexander had other plans. He was determined to continue heading east to Afghanistan in search of his ultimate goal: to reach the end of the world. This illustrated talk analyzes what came next — a perilous seven-year journey through the unknown eastern borderlands of the Persian empire that would test the great conqueror’s physical and mental limits. He faced challenges from the natural world, moving through deadly monsoons and extreme temperatures; from a rotating cast of well-matched adversaries, who conspired against him at every turn; and even from his own men, who questioned his motives and distrusted the very beliefs on which Alexander built his empire. This incredible sweep of time, culminating with his death in 323 BCE at the age of 32, would come to determine Alexander’s legacy and shape the empire he left behind.


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free

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RLAC HISTORY, Mānoa Campus

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Robert Littman, 8082268518, littman@hawaii.edu

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