siege of Tyre

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror who is still remembered to this day. Amid his campaigns against the mighty Persian Empire in the early fourth century...

As one of the most famous figures in human history, it comes as little surprise that the life of Alexander the Great is tied to several legends of mythic proportions, of which several concern the conqueror's encounters with sea...