Alexander - Movie Historical Accuracy

horse parsley the capacious\nWho is horse parsley and why is he so great? born(p) in Pella in 356 BC (Central Macedonia, Greece) horse parsley was one of the around successful array commanders in history, winning his first encounter at the age of 16. By the age of 20 he was the king of his homeland Macedonia deliver the goods his father Philip II afterwards he was assassinated. By 25 Alexander had conquered the known knowledge base (from Greece, Egypt to Pakistan). British Historian tom turkey Holland described him as the last-ditch conqueror\n\nThe Film\nThe take in is based on Alexander the spacious, the military commander and force of Macedonia, and his life experiences, hardships and triumphs. Directed by Oliver Stone, the cast included Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Jared Leto and was crack cocaine in locations such as England, Morocco and Thailand. Overall the historical reach fritter received short ratings. 16% from Rotten Tomato es, 2/4 from Roger Ebert, 5.5/10 from IMDb and 39% from Metacritic.\n\nBucephalus\nAlexander commemorated his conquests by naming over 70 military forts Alexandria, after himself and 1 genus Bucephala for his horse Bucephalus. Bucephalus originally was bulletproof and untameable by even mogul Phillips best riders however a 13 year erstwhile(a) Alexander tames the stallion, realising the horse is white-lipped of its own shadow he turns it towards the sun. Bucephalus served Alexander in legion(predicate) battles but died due to black injuries at the Battle of the Hydaspes (June 326 BC). The motion-picture show captures the taming and death of Bucephalus perfectly check to historical accounts in 344 BC.\n\nPtolemy\nThe motion-picture show begins with Ptolemy as he narrates Alexanders story, reciting his memories to a scribe in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy (367 BC c. 283 BC) actually fought alongside Alexander in his conquests as a Macedonian general and became ruler of Egypt i n 323 BC. In the film Ptolemy refers to the hero as Alexander the Great, however history shows that the Great was no...