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How old was Alexander when he died?
Answer: 32
Why: By the age of 30 he had already built an empire stretching from Greece to northwestern India.
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Where was the Alexander Mosaic found?
Answer: Pompeii
Why: Analysis has traced its tiny stone tiles to quarries in Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula and even Tunisia.
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What was the long spear of Alexander's infantry called?
Answer: Sarissa
Why: At about 5 to 7 meters, the sarissa dwarfed the older Greek hoplite spear, the dory, of roughly 2 to 3 meters.
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How many battles did Alexander lose?
Answer: None
Why: At the head of the royal squadron of the elite Companion cavalry, he usually led the charge himself.
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What made Alexander turn back from India?
Answer: An army mutiny
Why: At the Beas River his troops, after nearly eight years on campaign with him, refused to march any farther.
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What were Alexander's feuding successors called?
Answer: Diadochi
Why: Their wars broke his empire into rival kingdoms, among them the Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt.
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