Alexander The Great
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This is everything you need to know about the famed conqueror Alexander the Great. Alongside Tristan Hughes, host of the hit podcast The Ancients, Dan follows Alexander on a whistle-stop tour from his life in Macedonia to his epic battles with the Persians and eventually, to his death in Babylon.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever wondered what beautiful British edifice overtook the great pyramid as the |
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| 0:30.0 | Hello everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit. |
| 0:32.5 | The other day I was recording a podcast on the great commanders of history and my brilliant |
| 0:35.9 | expert on that, the covert American military officer, where he's known as angry staff |
| 0:41.1 | officer on Twitter, but I can assure you he's very brilliant historian. |
| 0:44.3 | He was not a fan of Alexander the Great and I didn't think I was either so I decided |
| 0:47.6 | to go and do a full podcast on Alexander check whether I've underestimated, check whether |
| 0:52.6 | I'm being harsh on a man widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders of all |
| 0:57.6 | time. |
| 0:58.8 | And I knew just the mind to go to Tristan Hughes, the Tristorian, History Hit in House |
| 1:04.7 | Alexander the Great Specialist. |
| 1:06.4 | He's got his own smash hit podcast, millions of people are listening to the ancients. |
| 1:11.0 | He's just written a book about Alexander the Great's successors and he's a font of knowledge |
| 1:14.8 | for all things Macedonian and age of Alexander. |
| 1:18.2 | And we just went for it. |
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