1-345-473 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Alexander the Great of Macedonia, (1902). From Imhoof Blumer's Portrait Heads on Coins of Hellenic Nations. In only 13 years, Alexander III of Macedon (356-323 BC) conquered a vast empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India. Alexander died of a fever in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon, aged only 33, and his empire broke up rapidly after his death. Illustration from 'The World's History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London, 1902).