He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

At school, Sommer planned to specialize in sciences, but one day his history teacher showed pupils a map ... past Thessaloniki (which was named for Alexander’s half-sister) is Philippi, renamed ...

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern ... And east of Aigai, past Thessaloniki (which was named for Alexander’s half-sister) is Philippi, renamed by Philip ...