It was on this day in 1973 that the death of his son, Alexander, led Aristotle Onassis to his tragic downfall less that two years later.

Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from the Balkans ... in 323 B.C. When his empire fell apart after his unexpected death, his officials and generals took over parts of it, and ...

Alexander the Great established himself as Emperor of Asia and urged his generals to marry Persian women in the Susa weddings.

Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander, politician, scholar and explorer, Alexander led his army a further 11,000 miles, founding over 70 cities and creating an empire that ...

In this age of great rulers ... a kingdom. Twenty years after Alexander's death, it was clear that his empire would never be reconstituted, and for the next three hundred years the Middle East ...