Alexander had his horse, Bucephalus, for nearly 20 years.
Alexander the Great's famous horse, Bucephalus, was probably a male horse. Ancient writers refer to the horse as a colt, an immature male horse. They also refer to him as a stallion, a grown up male horse who hasn't been gelded. Short of digging his grave up in Pakistan and checking out his skeleton and DNA nobody knows 100% for sure if Bucephalus was a male horse, but, given what people from long ago say he probably was.
It took Alexander the Great 20 years to get home .
Since his father died Alexander took over as king.
He didn't.
he was tutored until the age of 16
Alexander the Great's famous horse, Bucephalus, was probably a male horse. Ancient writers refer to the horse as a colt, an immature male horse. They also refer to him as a stallion, a grown up male horse who hasn't been gelded. Short of digging his grave up in Pakistan and checking out his skeleton and DNA nobody knows 100% for sure if Bucephalus was a male horse, but, given what people from long ago say he probably was.
It took Alexander the Great 20 years to get home .
Yes, long, long, after!
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military commanders of all time. The wars of Alexander the Great lasted for 12 years and resulted in Alexander having control of most of the known world at the time.
Since his father died Alexander took over as king.
He didn't.
A decade.
Twenty years.
Alexander the Great was the son of the Macedonian king Phillip II. He ruled from 336 BCE to 323 BCE.
356 BC to 323 BC
he was tutored until the age of 16
One of Alexander the Great's friends was Callisthenes, a relative of Aristotle. Some of his other long-time friends were Hephaestion, Cassander, and Ptolemy, who all served as generals in Alexander the Great's army.