Perspectives of the death of alexander the great
Perspectives of the death of alexander the great
On june 10th 323 bc alexander the great died . The actual cause of his death remains unknown to this day. There are many different perspectives on the death of alexander the great died. Some say he was murdered and some say he died of natural causes but from evidence from his diary entry’s there are very few perspectives that could be right. There two perspective’s that I believe are the closest too the truth is other that he died from being poisoned and the other being that he died of a flu .
This source was chosen for the exhibition for the death of alexander the great because it helps implement a main perspective on his death. Alexander was seen to many as a villain, he conquered Greek city states, turkey , what is now Iran , Persia what is now Pakistan, parts of India and Afghanistan. Also Egypt, Asia Minor and Syria. Alexander made a lot of enemies during the time of this conquering so hundreds of people would have had the reason to poison and murder him. Scientist claim that alexander the great was ‘killed by toxic wine’ .The source from the medical journal clinical toxicology is pointing to that the evidence on the features alexander suffered during the time of sickness leading to his death is very similar the experiences of veratrum poisoning. Veratrum is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, native to damp habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They are vigorous herbaceous perennials with highly poisonous black rhizomes, and panicles of white or brown flowers on erect stems. It seems very unlikely that a thirty-two yeah old man of his health would get so sick so quickly ad die of natural causes, even for the time in history he died in. this perspective would also match an account of Alexander the Great’s death written by ancient Greek historian Diodorus, who said he was struck with pain after drinking a large bowl of unmixed wine in honour of
On june 10th 323 bc alexander the great died . The actual cause of his death remains unknown to this day. There are many different perspectives on the death of alexander the great died. Some say he was murdered and some say he died of natural causes but from evidence from his diary entry’s there are very few perspectives that could be right. There two perspective’s that I believe are the closest too the truth is other that he died from being poisoned and the other being that he died of a flu .
This source was chosen for the exhibition for the death of alexander the great because it helps implement a main perspective on his death. Alexander was seen to many as a villain, he conquered Greek city states, turkey , what is now Iran , Persia what is now Pakistan, parts of India and Afghanistan. Also Egypt, Asia Minor and Syria. Alexander made a lot of enemies during the time of this conquering so hundreds of people would have had the reason to poison and murder him. Scientist claim that alexander the great was ‘killed by toxic wine’ .The source from the medical journal clinical toxicology is pointing to that the evidence on the features alexander suffered during the time of sickness leading to his death is very similar the experiences of veratrum poisoning. Veratrum is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae, native to damp habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere. They are vigorous herbaceous perennials with highly poisonous black rhizomes, and panicles of white or brown flowers on erect stems. It seems very unlikely that a thirty-two yeah old man of his health would get so sick so quickly ad die of natural causes, even for the time in history he died in. this perspective would also match an account of Alexander the Great’s death written by ancient Greek historian Diodorus, who said he was struck with pain after drinking a large bowl of unmixed wine in honour of