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When Alexander was a teenager, Philip was planning a military solution to the contention with the Persian Empire. In the opening campaign against Byzantium he made Alexander "regent" (kurios) in his absence. Alexander used every opportunity to further his father's victories, expecting that he would be a part of them.
Ariarathes I (332–322 BC) was the satrap of Cappadocia under the Persians and after the conquests of Alexander he retained his post. After Alexander's death he was defeated by Eumenes and crucified in 322 BC, but his son, Ariarathes II managed to regain the throne and maintain his autonomy against the warring Diadochi.
Alexander also had a flexible heavy infantry force known as the Argyraspides, or silver shields, who acted as his elite infantry. Post-Alexander Hellenistic states such as Macedonia, Seleucid Persia, and Ptolemaic Egypt would employ more heavily armored phalangites, as well as their own variation of elite units such as the silver shields.
Alexander was in jail for alleged contempt of court and failure to appear, according to Chatham County Detention Center Public Information Officer Peter Nichols. Alexander had elevated blood pressure and went into cardiac arrest after being taken to a hospital, according to the Savannah Morning News.
In accordance with Alexander's orders, they signaled their success to the troops below by waving bits of linen, and Alexander sent a herald to shout the news to the enemy's advanced posts that they might now surrender without further delay. The defenders were so surprised and demoralized by this that they surrendered.
Now, the Alexander brothers are believed to have been traveling by corrections department bus from Miami to New York, where they are likely to face time at the notorious Metropolitan Detention ...
The New York Post was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father who George Washington appointed as the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton appointed William Coleman as the newspaper's first editor in 1801; Coleman served in that capacity until his death in 1829.
Trump wrote in a new social media post. PHOTO: The Kremlin and the Moscow River are seen before dawn in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)