During his short life, Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, carved out an empire 'by the spear' stretching from India to the Greece and the Balkans. Fearless, ambitious, and inspiring, Alexander had destroyed the Persian Empire and redrawn the political and cultural map of the ancient world by the time of his death at Babylon in 323 BC, at the age of thirty-three. Through illustrated lectures using a wide range of written and archaeological sources, explore his epic battles and marches, meet his enemies, and attempt to understand how he saw his world. We will also consider the significance of his father, Philip II, as the man who, through his own abilities, determination, and ruthlessness. made Alexander's greatness possible. Lecture style with question and answer time.