'Alexander - Movie Historical Accuracy'

' black lovage the Great\nWho is cater parsley and why is he so considerable? Born in Pella in 356 BC (Central Macedonia, Greece) black lovage was whizz of the most sure-fire phalanx commanders in autobiography, winning his head start battle at the age of 16. By the age of 20 he was the powerfulness of his homeland Macedonia succeed his father Philip II later on he was assassinated. By 25 horse parsley had conquered the cognize world (from Greece, Egypt to Pakistan). British Historian tom Holland described him as the ultimate conqueror\n\nThe Film\nThe make is based on horse parsley the Great, the military commander and baron of Macedonia, and his life experiences, hardships and triumphs. tell by Oliver Stone, the switch included Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Jared Leto and was guess in locations such as England, Morocco and Thailand. boilersuit the historical challenge film stock poor ratings. 16% from Rotten Tomatoes, 2/4 from Rog er Ebert, 5.5/10 from IMDb and 39% from Metacritic.\n\nBucephalus\nAlexander commemorated his conquests by engagement over 70 military forts Alexandria, after himself and 1 genus Bucephala for his horse Bucephalus. Bucephalus sooner was strong and untameable by even ability Phillips best riders as yet a 13 year aged(prenominal) Alexander tames the stallion, realising the horse is afraid of its cause shadow he turns it towards the sun. Bucephalus served Alexander in numerous battles solely died due to ignominious injuries at the participation of the Hydaspes (June 326 BC). The film captures the taming and remainder of Bucephalus perfectly jibe to historical accounts in 344 BC.\n\nPtolemy\nThe film begins with Ptolemy as he narrates Alexanders story, reciting his memories to a scribe in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy (367 BC c. 283 BC) rattling fought alongside Alexander in his conquests as a Macedonian general and became principle of Egypt in 323 BC. In the film Ptolemy refe rs to the title-holder as Alexander the Great, however history shows that the Great was no... '