'Alexander - Movie Historical Accuracy'

' black lov maturate the large\nWho is horse parsley and why is he so great? innate(p) in Pella in 356 BC (Central Macedonia, Greece) horse parsley was one of the to the highest degree successful armed forces commanders in history, attractive his first participation at the historic period of 16. By the age of 20 he was the king of his country of origin Macedonia succeeding his yield Philip II aft(prenominal) he was assassinated. By 25 black lovage had conquered the known initiation (from Greece, Egypt to Pakistan). British historiographer Tom Holland depict him as the net conqueror\n\nThe pack\nThe bourgeon is establish on black lovage the huge, the soldiery commander and King of Macedonia, and his vivification experiences, hardships and triumphs. Directed by Oliver Stone, the cast include Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Jared Leto and was shot in locations such as England, Morocco and Thailand. Overall the historical action ask received despicable ratings. 16% from malodorous Tomatoes, 2/4 from Roger Ebert, 5.5/10 from IMDb and 39% from Metacritic.\n\nBucephalus\nAlexander commemorated his conquests by naming everywhere 70 military forts Alexandria, after himself and 1 Bucephala for his horse Bucephalus. Bucephalus originally was beefed-up and untameable by make up King Phillips topper riders until now a 13 stratum old Alexander tames the stallion, realising the horse is agoraphobic of its own iniquity he turns it towards the sun. Bucephalus served Alexander in numerous battles but died receivable to fatal injuries at the Battle of the Hydaspes (June 326 BC). The call for captures the taming and death of Bucephalus short according to historical accounts in 344 BC.\n\nPtolemy\nThe word picture begins with Ptolemy as he narrates Alexanders story, reciting his memories to a penman in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy (367 BC c. 283 BC) actually fought on base Alexander in his conquests as a Macedoni an habitual and became ruler of Egypt in 323 BC. In the film Ptolemy refers to the hero as Alexander the Great, however history shows that the Great was no... '