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uses, see Alexander (disambiguation). Alexander III of Mecedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a Macedonian...

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents. Considered the foremost...

nation in other wars? How very many are not here to listen? The war in Vietnam is not like these other wars. Yet, finally, war is always the same. It is young...

Alexander Hamilton (11 January 1755 or 1757 – 12 July 1804) was a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington,...

Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of Italy (граф Рымникский, князь...

Cyrus the Great, also Cyrus II (c. 600 – 530 BC) was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the patron...

Invasions and Alexander (2005-2006). One of you is worth more than any number of them! Skill and valour still count for something in war! They are worth...

Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, (10 December 1891 – 16 June 1969) was a senior officer of the British Army who served...

Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870 – June 28, 1936) was a prominent Lithuanian Jewish anarchist, and a close associate of Emma Goldman. His adult life...

Greatness or preeminence are terms used to emphasize the perceived superiority of a person or thing. In Europe the most lauded rulers were given the attribute...

the Greco-Persian Wars, Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age of ancient history. Macedonia as a whole tended to remain in isolation from the rest...

Anne of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union...

major wars; he was therefore styled "The Peacemaker". In the midst of our great affliction the voice of God commands us to discharge courageously the affairs...

The Odyssey of Homer was a poetic interpretation of the original Homeric poem undertaken by Alexander Pope, published in 1725. It followed Pope's successful...

The American Civil War (ACW), also known as the War of the Rebellion, the Great Rebellion, and several other names, was a civil war that was fought in...

probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which...

in the constitutional way. I've had more than my share of war and have come to the conclusion that it doesn't resolve anything. Even the longest wars, lasting...

Alexander Grothendieck (28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014) was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Georgia, and the Confederate...

General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded...