Alexander The Great's Sex Life
The Ancients
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The Chaos of Alexander the Great
There's no clear successor, there's no clear heir to Alexander the Great. The only legitimate child from his wife is unborn at the time that he dies. He marries late for several reasons and was just so obsessed with being better than his heroic, semi-mythical idols. One of the key ways to kind of legitimize yourself as a ruler would be by marrying into the family of Alexander the Great - which several do try to do. Olympias and Cleopatra form an extraordinary mother daughter team following Alexander's death.
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