'Alexander - Movie Historical Accuracy'

' black lov silk hatride the majuscule\nWho is black lovage and wherefore is he so great? natural in Pella in 356 BC (Central Macedonia, Greece) black lovage was one of the virtually successful armed services machine commanding officers in history, harming his first difference of opinion at the hop on of 16. By the age of 20 he was the king of his country of origin Macedonia succeeding his pay off Philip II aft(prenominal) he was assassinated. By 25 horse parsley had conquered the known founding (from Greece, Egypt to Pakistan). British historian Tom Holland draw him as the ultimate conqueror\n\nThe choose\nThe moving picture is ground on horse parsley the salient, the military commander and King of Macedonia, and his livelihood 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 diach ronic action shoot received short ratings. 16% from foul 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 dollar bill Bucephalus. Bucephalus originally was square and untameable by as yet King Phillips best riders notwithstanding a 13 class old Alexander tames the stallion, realising the horse is panicked of its own shade off he turns it towards the sun. Bucephalus served Alexander in many battles but died receivable to fatal injuries at the Battle of the Hydaspes (June 326 BC). The pic captures the taming and death of Bucephalus absolutely according to historical accounts in 344 BC.\n\nPtolemy\nThe exposure begins with Ptolemy as he narrates Alexanders story, reciting his memories to a scrivener in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy (367 BC c. 283 BC) actually fought on board Alexander in his conquests as a M acedonian ecumenic 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... '