{"id":5476,"date":"2026-06-28T11:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-greatest-general-in-history-alexander-the-great-all-parts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:43:32","slug":"the-greatest-general-in-history-alexander-the-great-all-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-greatest-general-in-history-alexander-the-great-all-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest General in History? Alexander the Great (All Parts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7lb6KWBanI?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Thank you to Invicta for their help making this series, and supplying all Total War game footage.<br \/>\nGame Engine: Total War: Rome II https:\/\/www.totalwar.com\/<br \/>\nBuy the game here: https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Total-War-Rome-II-Spartan\/dp\/B01783XHCY\/ref=sr_1_1?tag=ephitv0b-21&#038;dchild=1&#038;keywords=rome%20total%20war%202&#038;qid=1630010323&#038;s=videogames&#038;sr=1-1<\/p>\n<p>Epic History TV&#8217;s complete four-part history of Alexander the Great in one video. Follow the incredible story of the Macedonian king as he embarks on the total conquest of the ancient world&#8217;s greatest superpower, the Persian Empire. With dramatic victories at the Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela, Alexander defeats Darius III and claims the throne of Persia. But his campaign to subdue the empire&#8217;s easternmost provinces and reach the edge of the known world will take him into modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and the frontier of India, where he meets the Indian king Porus in battle at the Hydaspes. This is the complete overview of Alexander&#8217;s conquests, a 10 year period of immense drama and historical significance, as the young Macedonian king&#8217;s breathtaking achievements ushered in a new era in European and Middle Eastern history &#8211; the Hellenistic Age. <\/p>\n<p>Help me make more videos by supporting Epic History TV on Patreon https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/EpicHistoryTV<\/p>\n<p>Or join the ranks of the Grognards with our YouTube memberships https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvPXiKxH-eH9xq-80vpgmKQ\/join<\/p>\n<p>Get exclusive Epic History TV merch here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/teespring.com\/en-GB\/stores\/epic-history-tv-merch-shop<\/p>\n<p>Visit our online bookshop to find great books on this and other topics:<br \/>\nUK site &#8211; https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/shop\/epichistorytv<br \/>\nUS site &#8211; https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/epichistorytv<br \/>\nAs a bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases while donating 10% of sales to support independent bookshops!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb6\ud83c\udfb6 Music from Filmstro: https:\/\/filmstro.com\/lifetime-license-offer?ref=EHTV<br \/>\nGet 20% off an annual license with code EPICHISTORYTV_ANN<\/p>\n<p>Produced in partnership with Osprey Publishing<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Warrior: Macedonian Warrior<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/macedonian-warrior-pb<\/p>\n<p>Men-at-Arms: The Army of Alexander the Great<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/the-army-of-alexander-the-great-pb<\/p>\n<p>Campaign: Granicus 334 BC<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/granicus-334-bc-pb<\/p>\n<p>The Persian Army 560 &#8211; 330 BC:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ospreypublishing.com\/the-persian-army-560-330-bc-pb<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Chris Stevens for Gordian Knot footage!<\/p>\n<p>Images:<br \/>\nAlexander the Great Mosaic Remastered \u2013 with thanks to Mi\u0142ek Jakubiec<br \/>\nParthenon &#8211; Dennis Jarvis via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nSocrates &#8211; Bar Harel via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)<br \/>\nWhite Mountains of Crete &#8211; Tobias von der Haar via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nAcropolis &#8211; Aleksandr Zykov via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nTheatre of Dionysus &#8211; S\u00e9bastien Bertrand via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nSparta &#8211; Ronny Siegel via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nMacedonian mountains &#8211; Novica Nakov via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nVergina sun &#8211; SilentResident\u00a0via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)<br \/>\nStandard of Cyrus the Great &#8211; Sodacan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)<br \/>\nGolden Wheat &#8211; Mr Hicks46  via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nKnot &#8211; JP Davidson via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nAmun \u2013 Jeff Dahl via WM (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nColumns &#8211; Marco Zanferrari, via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nDoric Columns \u2013 Dimitry B. via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nLar Plain, Iran \u2013 Ninara via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nTreasury Reliefs \u2013 Alan via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nColumns by Matt Sherlock via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nHindu Kush Scene by 401st_AFSB via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nBaluchistan by Beluchistan via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nBust of Alexander the Great by shakko via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)<br \/>\nRuins at Pergamon by Peter via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)<br \/>\nHephaestion Digital image courtesy of the Getty&#8217;s Open Content Program.<\/p>\n<p>#EpicHistoryTV #AlexandertheGreat<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K7lb6KWBanI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to Invicta for their help making this series, and supplying all Total War game footage. 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