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00:21A war is coming.
00:25A battle so fierce, so apocalyptic, it will split the world in two.
00:38Ripped apart by the ferocious rivalry between two men, Alexander the Great and Darius, King
00:49of Kings. Two bitter enemies, worlds apart, but both sides of the same coin. A young Macedonian
01:03Prince, fighting for his country and for glory. And a Persian King, determined to defend the
01:13greatest empire on earth. Locked in a war of wills. That will reshape the world in fire and
01:28in blood. But who will be victorious? Who will prevail?
01:50Only the gods can decide.
01:59Alexander just grips the imagination. He is someone who is this shining moment of history.
02:07Alexander was the greatest military mind of all time. And yet at the same time, he was
02:15a poet, a philosopher, he was a scientist, he was an inventor, and he was a builder of
02:24empire. So it's no wonder that after 2000 years, we are still obsessed with him.
02:37Alexander founded Alexandria. And this became one of the greatest cities in the world.
02:48And now Dr. Pepi Papacosta is actually uncovering the remains of Alexander's great city.
03:03Oh my God. This is an architectural part. This is very important. It's a new surprise.
03:13Every day we have a surprise. It's a very good gift for us. By excavating in this great city,
03:25I feel myself closer to my hero. Because in Alexandria, Alexandria is alive. It's everywhere.
03:37Dr. Pepi has dedicated almost two decades of her life in search of ancient Alexandria.
03:44And so she has been digging down through the different layers in an effort to find this.
03:51We started the excavation here long ago by a small trench. And now we have uncovered thousands of square meters.
04:02All by hand. I am archaeologist. And I'm working with Miss Papacosta. And I'm very proud to be one of
04:14the members of the team.
04:15I am working here in the excavation since 2007. You can say it's my life.
04:25Every day of work gives us more objects, more evidence about Alexander.
04:33We had a lot of impressive findings. A lot of important discoveries.
04:45But the most beautiful and interesting of all we have unearthed here is a unique marble statue of Alexander.
05:00It was like a miracle.
05:05People are still looking for any traces they can find of the real man himself.
05:13They're looking for his statues, his inscriptions, his coins.
05:24It's important to remember that the Alexander the Great at the end of the story, the icon, is far from
05:29being the Alexander we have at the beginning.
05:36We first encounter him about 336 BC. A year before that, he has gone into voluntary exile into a place
05:47called Illyria.
05:49He's a 20-year-old prince who has fled his father's kingdom.
06:00This is his play. Yeah, Alex?
06:03And I think what he's trying to do in this place is to find out what's his role in this
06:10world.
06:17Alex!
06:19Go!
06:26Get back!
06:37Get back!
06:46Alex!
06:49I said stop!
06:57I'm sorry.
07:00I'm sorry.
07:05It's okay.
07:08It wasn't me you were fighting.
07:11It was your father, wasn't it?
07:17Hey, wasn't it?
07:22I thought this was play.
07:25So can we just play?
07:33Alexander grew up with two close companions.
07:40And one of these, Hephaestion, really was not just a cherished companion, but perhaps his greatest love.
08:12And one of these, Hephaestion, really, is not just one of the best friends of the Greek world.
08:14Same-sex relationships were quite the norm throughout the Greek world.
08:22The Greeks did not have a word for homosexuality or to be gay. It just wasn't in their vocabulary whatsoever.
08:32They was just being sexual.
08:36Alex, are you sure about going home? After all this time? I'll have to face my father at some point.
08:45Besides, you'll be about my side, right?
08:52Till the bitter end.
09:00If we're seeing the king, I suggest doing it with clothes on, no? Come on.
09:06Ptolemy was a very close confidant of Alexander.
09:10And at this time, Alexander has a cadre of companions that have been in the royal court.
09:17And those two friends seem to have been Hephaestion and Ptolemy, both of whom stay with him and maintain that
09:24relationship over the course of his campaigns.
09:32Alexander's year in exile ends in 336 BCE, when he receives a royal summons from his dad to return to
09:39the Macedonian capital at Aegee to attend a royal wedding.
09:46The wedding is between Philip's daughter, Alexander's sister, and one of the neighbouring warlords.
09:54This was a typical policy of Philip's to marry off individuals, two powerful men on his borders,
10:02basically so that he could strengthen the alliance that he was trying to build up for a war with Persia.
10:15Mother!
10:17So, for Mologaph Immune,
10:20I mean, Mama.
10:24Illyria has not been kind to your complexion, but still as handsome as ever.
10:31Welcome home, my love.
10:34Home?
10:36It's hardly a triumphant return.
10:38It is simply a precaution until we restore our status of court.
10:43I think my father clarified my status last time we spoke.
10:47All will be made right soon enough. You shall see.
10:51Besides, doesn't everyone love a wedding?
10:55Now, quickly, come with me.
10:59Alexander's mother, Olympias,
11:01she's one of the great movers and shakers of history.
11:04She was born a foreign princess.
11:06She was one of the seven wives of Philip II,
11:09but she held supreme status over all the other women of the court
11:13because, of course, early on in the marriage,
11:15she'd given birth to the presumed heir to the throne, Alexander himself.
11:20And suddenly, years later, she finds herself almost unwanted
11:23when Philip, going through a kind of classic midlife crisis thing,
11:27finds for himself a young bride, marries her, this Macedonian princess,
11:32and there's every possibility, of course,
11:34that this girl will give him heirs to the throne, boys.
11:39And Olympias is going to be made redundant.
11:40Alexander is going to be pushed out.
11:44So there's a great tension in the air already.
11:47And it all comes to a head, as it always does at the wedding reception.
11:55I didn't realise this wedding would have such fascinating entertainment.
12:00Who do you mean?
12:03Us.
12:06A spurned queen and her poor exiled son.
12:31Alexander had fled the Macedonian court a year ago
12:34because his father, Philip, had tried to kill him.
12:37There was a huge banquet going on in Macedon.
12:40And, of course, as the evening progressed, everyone was getting more and more drunk.
12:44And in the drunkenness,
12:47General Attalus basically insulted Alexander by saying,
12:51you're a bastard, you're not the rightful heir to the throne.
12:53And Alexander was furious.
12:56And Philip, his father,
12:58instead of saying anything in Alexander's defence,
13:00said, ooh, you've insulted my best friend,
13:03and basically tried to kill Alexander.
13:06Alexander left the court,
13:07not so much probably that he was in fear of his life,
13:10but more because his father had not defended him.
13:19Alexander, you haven't been avoiding your father, have you?
13:22Your king.
13:26Well, it depends.
13:28You're going to embrace me or kill me?
13:33We're here in the wilderness and you're still smarting.
13:35You humiliated me.
13:37Attalus was only drunk.
13:38But you sided with him.
13:40It was horseplay, that's all.
13:41Well, besides,
13:44blood is thicker than water.
13:48But not wine, in your case.
13:53What's going on?
13:54Does Alexander need me?
13:56You know, Hephaestion,
13:58you mother him more than I do.
14:04Attalus may be one of my finest generals,
14:07but you are my son.
14:09And that matters.
14:12Man seems tense.
14:14He's fine, Toll.
14:16He just needs to remember who he is.
14:19Or drink until he forgets.
14:22Always works for me.
14:25If I am to take on the old enemy,
14:28I want you with me.
14:34I'd be honoured.
14:36To fight alongside you like we used to.
14:40When do we leave for Persia?
14:42Let's talk of war later.
14:47Another important part of this wedding
14:49is the reconciliation between Philip and Alexander.
14:53The rest of the Greek world would have been aware of the fact
14:55that there had been a break between these two men,
14:57and so Philip could use this wedding
14:59as an opportunity to show
15:00that his relationship with his son
15:02and the potential heir of Macedon
15:04was firm and solid,
15:05and there was nothing that the rest of the Greek states
15:08could take advantage of.
15:28Silence!
15:35But my role today is merely ornamental.
15:39To bless this happy union.
15:41And may you both find the happiness I have
15:44with my beautiful wife, Eurydike.
15:57But it is also a time
15:59to reinforce the ties that bind us.
16:02Are we a happy family once more?
16:03Like our couple here.
16:04To join them in a war against the Persian Empire.
16:06Bound together in a life of love.
16:08To be by his side.
16:09Tolerance.
16:10Well, that is a surprise.
16:13Loyalty.
16:14Let us honor the bride and groom
16:17and pray for a son.
16:24God!
16:29Nobody leaves!
16:31Philip was murdered by Pausanias,
16:33who was a member of his very trusted bodyguard.
16:36But we don't know who paid Pausanias
16:39to take on this gruesome task.
16:46It's a wonderful Agatha Christie mystery, really.
16:49Because you've got all these contenders for it.
16:51Olympias, Alexander,
16:54dozens of other Macedonian generals
16:57who could have stepped in at any time.
16:59Now is the moment.
17:03Have retrieved my father's sword and crown now!
17:08That's icy Olympias' hand.
17:11The shadow of it, at least,
17:13behind Philip's assassination.
17:14whole town in the castle.
17:40Holy, I'll speak at you.
17:44I can'tばい by himself if I can.
17:58We are under attack, our king, my father, lies dead.
18:14And the hand of Persia is to blame.
18:19But I promise you, in blood and fear, they will pay for this evil.
18:24And our new king will free us.
18:27Free us from Persian tyranny.
18:30All hail Alexander, king of Macedon!
18:34Alexander! Alexander! Alexander!
18:38Alexander! Alexander! Alexander!
18:44One of the things that Alexander does in the immediate aftermath of Philip's death
18:47is lay the blame, or at least involvement in it, at the door of the Persians.
18:53It's really important to frame what an ambitious choice this was.
18:57The Persian Empire was massive.
18:59It was the largest empire the world had yet known.
19:02And Macedonia was this really small, little kingdom in the northern part of what is now modern Greece.
19:11And now, all of a sudden, they're planning to take on a well-ordered, well-structured, incredibly powerful, well-financed
19:19empire.
19:22It was something like 2 million square miles.
19:25And it housed between 50 to 150 million people, which at that time was almost 50% of the world's
19:32population.
19:33The Persian Empire was enormous.
19:35And in order to govern it, it was broken into basically provinces called satrapies, each one headed by a satrap.
19:43The Persians had all of their funds flooding into Babylon, which is where they ran their empire from.
19:50And so Babylon was really basically the large bank for the Persian Empire.
19:58Babylon was the hub of civilization.
20:01It was the center of world culture at the time.
20:06It was a theological center, a center of learning, of astronomy, of the arts.
20:11It was, without doubt, the jewel in the Persian crown.
20:17And it was here in a vast palace that Darius III and his queen, Statera, held court.
20:26It's stunning, my love.
20:28Restoring the temple would not only be a fitting tribute to your reign, but the perfect centerpiece for Babylon.
20:41Indeed the world.
20:43Wouldn't you agree, Governor?
20:44It will be my city's jewel for all its people, my queen.
20:50Generations to come.
20:53Then, if it pleases you, my king, the building can commence as soon as funding is in place.
21:01We have the money, Mazez.
21:03I arrived from Egypt yesterday.
21:06The Egyptian satrap is paying you an honor.
21:09Then why can't he pay his taxes like normal people in gold bars?
21:13The most important satrapy was, in fact, Egypt.
21:17Egypt did not only produce agricultural wealth, but it was also a source of gold.
21:23And this gold was then taken by the Persians to Babylon.
21:27And there it was used to fund the might of the Persian Empire.
21:31The scarab is their hallowed symbol of transformation.
21:35It's an insect that eats dung.
21:36And you should respect it anyway.
21:39And the satrap too.
21:41If you want to keep the gold flowing, it's time you granted him an audience.
21:48Mr. Tira, please.
21:49The gold flows for one reason.
21:53Persia's total dominance.
21:58Darius came to power just at the moment Philip was assassinated.
22:06I'm sure it's nothing.
22:08What is broken can be remade, yes.
22:11It's almost as though fate is waiting to bring Darius and Alexander together.
22:17Because really they both mount the throne within weeks, months of each other.
22:25At that point, the world holds its breath to think about, okay, what's the outcome going to be of these
22:31two new young powers?
22:36Any change in royal regime involves violence.
22:39And this is because the new ruler has to eliminate any real or perceived threats to their right to be
22:47on that throne.
22:48In the case of Alexander, his mom may have gotten involved as well.
23:00Philip has a daughter, a young daughter with Eurydice named Europa.
23:04And even after Philip's death, they seem to have been a great threat to Olympias.
23:09And we're told by one of our sources that Olympias drags the young baby over a bronze vessel filled with
23:16fire.
23:16And after having seen this horrible event occur to her daughter, Eurydice kills herself.
23:24Whether her death was self-inflicted or came from an external source, that we don't know.
23:30But it did remove a very real issue for Alexander.
23:40Well, she wasn't bestowed with the gift of the mind.
23:45But she certainly was a sight for feasting eyes.
23:51What have you done?
23:53Secure that crown in your hand.
23:56She held far too much power at court and threatened your succession.
23:59When you have always been the rightful heir.
24:03Mother.
24:06We're being formal again, are we?
24:12She ended her life with her very own hand.
24:17I did nothing.
24:21This only makes my reign look illegitimate.
24:24Nonsense.
24:24They looked at me like I was a sham.
24:26Then prove to them you are not.
24:28Alex, we need...
24:31We need to go.
24:35No more killing.
24:37You understand?
24:40This...
24:42This does not help.
24:49Alexander inherits the throne at the age of about 20 via a bloodbath.
24:55And what's interesting is if we cast our eye over to the east in Persia,
24:59we see that Darius III, or Darius, or Daravayush, it's all the same name.
25:06He has also inherited a throne via murder and mayhem too.
25:12He comes at a time when two of his predecessors have been poisoned.
25:16It's not a good look.
25:18It's not a good look for the dynasty.
25:19It's not a good look for stability.
25:43It's not a good look for stability.
25:49It's not a good look for stability.
25:54It's not a good look for stability.
25:55It's not a good look for stability.
25:55It's not a good look for stability.
25:56Darius wasn't from the royal noble line.
25:58He was able to really achieve legitimacy by marrying a noble Persian woman.
26:05And that is Satira, who has the pedigree of royalty.
26:10General Menno.
26:11Through this marriage, it enabled him to be considered as the legitimate king of the Persian Empire.
26:21My king.
26:25Surely you're not going to play wearing that.
26:27My husband's right.
26:29Satira.
26:30That outfit will not help your game.
26:33Noah's taunting your fellow players.
26:35I have news from Macedon.
26:37You remember King Philip?
26:39Oh, yes.
26:40Of course.
26:41Is he still asking for my painful death?
26:44No.
26:44Not anymore.
26:45He was assassinated by his own bodyguard.
26:47Those barbarians.
26:49His son Alexander, all of 20 years old, succeeds him.
26:53And now a boy king.
26:56Well, they never learn either.
27:01Although, General, do they already have troops on our soil?
27:08Two divisions, out near Magnesia in the west.
27:12And who is commanding them?
27:13General Parmenium and General Attalus.
27:15Although we hear news that the new king had Attalus' niece murdered.
27:19Oh, dear.
27:20Can you imagine that will improve his morale?
27:23No.
27:24Not at all.
27:25We will take advantage.
27:32General.
27:33Assemble your mercenaries and attack immediately.
27:37Sir.
27:38We can purge them.
27:41Once and for all.
27:44Of course, it's important to realize that Darius himself doesn't take part in this campaign.
27:49And that's because I think he just sees it as a skirmish on the western front of the Empire.
27:56It's not really anything to take notice of.
28:00He dispatches his very trusted right-hand man, General Memnon, and Darius thinks it will all end there.
28:08So, Memnon marches his army through Mesopotamia, right the way across Anatolia, to the far west of the Empire in
28:15Asia Minor.
28:15And there they clash with the Macedonian forces, led by two of Alexander's generals, Parmenian and Attalus.
28:25And Alexander's nowhere to be seen.
28:27That's because he's actually still back in Macedon, trying to quell the aftermath of the assassination of Philip.
28:34You saw the letter from Attalus and Parmenian. It was slaughter.
28:38Only because you were busy here, restoring order to our lands.
28:42Yes, but now the remaining troops are in full retreat, and the generals are awaiting my orders.
28:47You said it yourself, Mama. I need to... prove myself.
28:53And just perhaps, your destiny is bigger than you could ever imagine.
28:59But yes, it is time to prove your worth.
29:17Please.
29:19This is a sacred place. I was never allowed in it before, so why now?
29:25Because it's time for the truth.
29:28About your real father.
29:36It was standard practice across the whole of the ancient world to use intoxicants, hallucinogenics, in religious practice.
29:48Because it was a way in which you could lose yourself and enter a state of being in which you
29:55could receive dreams and omens, which was a very important part of the communication system with the spirits of the
30:03dead, your ancestors.
30:05But also, if you were lucky, with the gods themselves.
30:10What is it?
30:12Please.
30:19Please.
30:31I...
30:32I...
30:36I...
30:45Look. Can you see it now?
30:51That's Mount Olympus. Home to the gods.
30:56It is time you know your true identity, Alexander.
31:01You are the son of Zeus.
31:07Do you believe me now? Do you see?
31:10Whatever you endeavor, however grand, you shall never fail.
31:16So go.
31:19Lead your men where Philip never could.
31:23Conquer Persia and beyond. It is your destiny.
31:48I think throughout his life, Olympus had drip-fed Alexander the notion that he was the son of Zeus, the
31:57most supreme of all the Greek gods.
32:00And, you know, in Alexander's mind, that's perfectly feasible.
32:04As far as he was concerned, like all other Greeks and Macedonians, the gods walked amongst men, and potentially a
32:11man could become a god.
32:16That stands in real stark contrast to what's happening in Persia.
32:20Darius III had no conception of himself as a god.
32:24No Persian king ever thought of himself as a living deity.
32:28They served the gods.
32:30And the gods were not guaranteed to support the king in everything he did.
33:03Do the stars seem dimmer tonight?
33:08What would that mean?
33:12Usually a change is coming.
33:17The Persians were what we might call superstitious.
33:20Night after night, Babylonian astrologers would be scanning the skies for omens from the heavens.
33:28These were taken very, very seriously.
33:31Together with all sorts of other omnia, the movement of birds, ants and insects, all of these kind of things
33:38played on the Persian mind for interpretation.
33:41It was almost as though the gods used the whole of creation to send messages to their mortal subjects.
33:51Are you worried about the model?
33:53Are you worried about the model?
33:54The piece that broke?
33:57Could that be a sign?
34:01Oh, I'd say definitely.
34:04I would.
34:06An architect with slippery hands.
34:14But if you still have concerns, then use that Macedonian general to your advantage.
34:27Atlus, yes.
34:30He must hate that boy, King.
34:38We could make him an offer.
34:41Yeah.
34:49Atlus is in a particularly awkward position.
34:53He's stationed at the brink of the Persian Empire, ready to lead the Macedonian troops and sort of carry out
35:00Philip's plans.
35:01But who does he support now?
35:04Does he support Alexander?
35:05Is he receiving overtures from the Persian Empire who might see Atlus as a potential weak link they can exploit?
35:11He has to make a choice, and that choice is going to have far-reaching consequences for his own survival.
35:17They're looking at over 4,000 souls lost, plus 1,000 wounded.
35:31Something to share, Asurus.
35:33Nothing of note.
35:35So, Darius reaches out to Atlus as someone who he can basically bribe.
35:40This is a tried and trusted method of dealing with these recalcitrant Greeks.
35:45How do you deal with them?
35:47Bribe them.
35:48You know, keep them happy by saying division, divide and conquer.
35:52Standard operating practice for empires, and the Persians were extremely good at it.
35:57It seems that our young royal majesty is delayed.
36:03Um, how many in, can we be honest?
36:08Do you really think he can lead our army?
36:13Doesn't matter what I think, old friend.
36:16He's the king.
36:19Indeed he is.
36:25Loyalty is what Philip would have expected, no?
36:31Yes.
36:33Yes.
36:34Yes, of course.
36:38Atlus is at an interesting point in his life.
36:41He had risen, of course, under Philip II as his right-hand man, trusted and loyal to him.
36:46He'd married off his niece to Philip, and, of course, both of those had died in this bloodbath.
36:53So now Atlus is faced with Alexander, and there's no love lost between them at all.
36:59Alexander had gone into exile because of Atlus' machinations.
37:05And here they stand, kind of having a face-off, what's going to happen next?
37:09Well, the truth is, Atlus has control of the Macedonian army, and success is going to be dependent on him.
37:17Good boy, please suffer.
37:18So, Alexander's in a pretty precarious position.
37:22We have a long journey ahead of us, old friend.
37:31So, you have word from the front, a message from Atlus?
37:36I did.
37:38Sent me a letter he'd received from King Darius, contained a bribe.
37:43Throne of Macedon in exchange for his obedience.
37:46And he sent this to you?
37:48Along with a letter rejecting it, confirming his loyalty to me in Macedon.
37:56That shows you're winning the men over.
37:59Right? If Atlus stays loyal, so does his army.
38:02That's the problem.
38:04He has that power over me and a reason to use it.
38:09Hey, good boy.
38:12What we see here is the emergence of Alexander, the consummate politician,
38:18and also the origins, I think, of Alexander, the tyrant, who is ruthless against any opposition.
38:29Fine. What are you going to do?
38:32Alex, what have you done?
38:43And so, the first lines on a new map are sketched in blood.
38:53But not yet the blood of enemies.
38:55I've been killed, Joaquin!
38:58I swear it!
39:00To the gods that watch us!
39:02High treason.
39:04Bribery.
39:06Collusion with the enemy.
39:10Only one punishment.
39:12Befits this Persian puppet.
39:15No!
39:16No!
39:17By the order of Alexander.
39:27Death.
39:33And so, the first steps are taken towards an epic duel.
39:49The first steps are taken towards an epic duel.
40:08Two men.
40:12Worlds apart in their qualities and temperament.
40:21Two bitter enemies.
40:35A world away from each other.
40:40But not for long.
41:00News of Attalus defecting?
41:02No.
41:06Well, Macedon be ours.
41:09Attalus is dead.
41:12And the boy king.
41:15He's coming.
41:17He's coming.
41:25He's coming.
41:31He's coming.
41:33In money.
41:44But he's coming.
41:45And then.
41:46He's coming.
41:47God, you're coming.
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