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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,840 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,000 [wind blowing] 3 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,920 [wind intensifies] 4 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:23,880 A war is coming. 5 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,560 A battle so fierce, 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,120 so apocalyptic, 7 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,440 it will split the world in two. 8 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,160 [man] Charge! 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:37,720 -[horses neigh] -[men shout] 10 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:42,200 [woman] Ripped apart by the ferocious rivalry 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,240 between two men. 12 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:46,640 Alexander the Great 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,520 and Darius, king of kings. 14 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:54,600 Two bitter enemies 15 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,080 worlds apart, 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,680 but both sides of the same coin. 17 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,280 A young Macedonian prince… 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,000 -[crowd cheering] -[woman] 19 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,600 and a Persian king determined to defend 20 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,080 the greatest empire on Earth. 21 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:19,600 Locked in a war of wills… 22 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,440 …that will reshape the world… 23 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:25,880 -[men shouting] -[woman] …in fire… 24 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:27,440 -[men shout] -[horses neigh] 25 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,160 [woman] …and in blood. 26 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,640 But who will be victorious? 27 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,040 Who will prevail? 28 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,200 [dramatic music intensifies] 29 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:41,080 [soldiers shouting] 30 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,400 [man cries in pain] 31 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:46,880 [cries in pain] 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,080 [grunts in effort] 33 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:50,920 [music wanes] 34 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Only the gods can decide. 35 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,240 [music ends, echoes] 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,920 Alexander just grips the imagination. 37 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,400 He is someone who is this shining moment of history. 38 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:12,400 Alexander was the greatest military mind of all time, 39 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,960 and yet at the same time, he was a poet, philosopher. 40 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,840 He was a scientist, he was an inventor, 41 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:25,400 and he was a builder of empire. 42 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,600 So it's no wonder that after 2,000 years, 43 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,200 we are still obsessed with him. 44 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,200 -[muezzin call echoes] -[cars honking] 45 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,600 [Salima] Alexander founded Alexandria, 46 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:43,720 and this became one of the greatest cities in the world. 47 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,320 And now Dr. Pepi Papakosta 48 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,320 is actually uncovering the remains of Alexander's great city. 49 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:05,200 [woman] Oh my God. 50 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,640 [chuckles] This is an architectural bar. This is very important. 51 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,840 It's a new surprise. 52 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,040 Every day, we have a surprise. 53 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,480 It's a very good gift for us. 54 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,000 [Calliope] By excavating in this great city, 55 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,760 I feel myself closer to my hero… 56 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,440 …because in Alexandria, Alexander is alive. 57 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,480 He's everywhere. 58 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,680 [Salima] Dr. Pepi has dedicated almost two decades of her life 59 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,040 in search of ancient Alexandria. 60 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,920 And so she has been digging down through the different layers 61 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,720 in an effort to find this. 62 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,280 [Calliope] We started the excavation here long ago 63 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,600 by a small trench, 64 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,400 and now we have uncovered thousands of square meters. 65 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,080 All by hand. 66 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,080 [woman] I am an archaeologist, and I'm working with Miss Papakosta. 67 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,760 And I'm very proud to be one of the members of the team. 68 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,640 [Riham] I am working here in the excavation since 2007. 69 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,640 You can say it's my life. 70 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,000 [Calliope] Every day of work gives us more objects, 71 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,440 more evidence about Alexander. 72 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,880 We have a lot of impressive findings, 73 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,440 a lot of important discoveries. 74 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:51,520 But the most beautiful and interesting of all we have unearthed here 75 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,240 is a unique marble statue of Alexander. 76 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,760 [man speaks Greek, laughs] 77 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,760 [exclaims in Greek] 78 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,080 [Calliope] It was like a miracle. 79 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:06,120 [people exclaiming in excitement] 80 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,600 [Lloyd] People are still 81 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:12,280 looking for any traces they can find of the real man himself. 82 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:13,840 [man speaking Greek] 83 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,240 [Lloyd] They're looking for his statues, 84 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,240 his inscriptions, 85 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:19,760 his coins. 86 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,600 [Calliope] You found it. 87 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,920 It's important to remember that the Alexander the Great 88 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,320 at the end of the story, 89 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,200 the icon, is far from being the Alexander we have at the beginning. 90 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,840 [Lloyd] We first encounter him about 336 BC. 91 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:45,880 A year before that, he has gone into voluntary exile 92 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,760 into a place called Illyria. 93 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:49,720 -[swords clash] -[men grunt] 94 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,240 [Lloyd] He's a 20-year-old prince who has fled his father's kingdom. 95 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,000 -[swords clash] -[men grunt] 96 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,080 -[swords clank] -[man grunts] 97 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,120 [pants] 98 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,160 This is play. Yeah, Alex? 99 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,800 [Lloyd] And I think what he's trying to do in this place 100 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,400 is to find out what's his role in this world. 101 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,440 -[Alexander grunts] -[swords clink] 102 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:15,200 [both grunting] 103 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:18,880 Alex! 104 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,880 -[Alexander grunts] - 105 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,000 [Alexander grunts] 106 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,800 [both grunt] 107 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,520 -[Alexander grunts] -Get back! 108 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,960 -[Alexander grunts] -[man moans] 109 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,240 [coughs, spits] 110 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,000 -[Alexander charges] -[man grunts] 111 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,240 -[man] -[Alexander pants] 112 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,600 I said stop! 113 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,400 [both breathing heavily] 114 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:57,920 I'm sorry. 115 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,200 [both breathing heavily] 116 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:01,680 I'm sorry. 117 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:06,320 It's okay. 118 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,760 It wasn't me you were fighting. 119 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,160 It was your father, wasn't it? [grunts in effort] 120 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:18,840 Hey, wasn't it? 121 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,040 I thought this was play? 122 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,400 So can we just play? 123 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,640 [Salima] Alexander grew up with two close companions. 124 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,520 And one of these, Hephaestion, 125 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,600 really was not just a cherished companion, 126 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,800 but perhaps his greatest love. 127 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,200 [dramatic music playing] 128 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,960 [birds chirping] 129 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,600 [Lloyd] Same-sex relationships were quite the norm throughout the Greek world. 130 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,440 The Greeks did not have a word for homosexuality 131 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,200 or to be gay. 132 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,080 It just wasn't in their vocabulary whatsoever. 133 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,920 There was just being sexual. 134 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,000 Alex, are you sure about going home after all this time? 135 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,640 I have to face my father at some point. 136 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,240 Besides, you'll be by my side, right? 137 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,960 Till the bitter end. 138 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,600 If we're seeing the king, I suggest doing it with clothes on, no? 139 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:05,520 Come on. 140 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,800 [woman] Ptolemy was a very close confidant of Alexander 141 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:15,160 and, at this time, Alexander has a cadre of companions 142 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,000 that have been in the royal court, 143 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:21,360 and those two friends seem to have been Hephaestion and Ptolemy, 144 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,720 both of whom stay with him and maintain that relationship 145 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,760 over the course of his campaigns. 146 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:30,680 [dramatic music playing] 147 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,720 Alexander's year in exile ends in 336 BCE 148 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,000 when he receives a royal summons from his dad 149 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:43,160 to return to the Macedonian capital at Aegae to attend a royal wedding. 150 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:52,200 [Lloyd] The wedding is between Philip's daughter, Alexander's sister, 151 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,640 and one of the neighboring warlords. 152 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,080 This was a typical policy of Philip's, to marry off individuals 153 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,560 to powerful men on his borders. 154 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,800 [Lloyd] Basically, so that he could strengthen the alliance 155 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,720 that he was trying to build up for a war with Persia. 156 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,400 [music intensifies] 157 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:14,840 [music fades] 158 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,720 Mother. 159 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,080 So formal, 160 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,360 I mean 161 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,400 Illyria has not been kind to your complexion, 162 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,280 but still as handsome as ever. 163 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,240 Welcome home, my love. 164 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:35,760 Home? 165 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,200 [Alexander] Hardly a triumphant return. 166 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:43,600 It is… simply a precaution until we restore our status at court. 167 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:47,000 I think my father clarified my status last time we spoke. 168 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,520 All will be made right soon enough. You shall see. 169 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,120 Besides, doesn't everyone love a wedding? 170 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,480 Now, quickly. Come with me. 171 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,760 [Lloyd] Alexander's mother, Olympias, 172 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,720 she's one of the great movers and shakers of history. 173 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,880 She was born a foreign princess. 174 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,560 She was one of the seven wives of Philip II, 175 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,840 but she held supreme status over all the other women of the court 176 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,400 because early on in the marriage, 177 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,560 she'd given birth to the presumed heir to the throne, Alexander himself. 178 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,080 And suddenly, years later, she finds herself almost unwanted 179 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,480 when Philip, going through a kind of classic midlife-crisis thing, 180 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:30,520 finds for himself a young bride, marries her, 181 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:34,480 this Macedonian princess, and there's every possibility, of course, 182 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:38,720 that this girl will give him heirs to the throne, boys. 183 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,080 And Olympias will be made redundant, Alexander will be pushed out. 184 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,840 [crowd murmuring] 185 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,600 [Lloyd] So there's a great tension in the air already, 186 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:50,120 and it all comes to a head, 187 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,440 as it always does, at the wedding reception. 188 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,560 I didn't realize this wedding would have such fascinating entertainment. 189 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:01,320 Who do you mean? 190 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:04,960 Us. 191 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,120 The spurned queen and her poor exiled son. 192 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,800 Why did you bother sending for me? 193 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,320 [Olympias] Although, I didn't. 194 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:19,600 He did. 195 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,560 [man] The king. 196 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,280 My father? 197 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,080 Mamá, 198 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,800 [Salima] Alexander had fled the Macedonian court a year ago 199 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,360 because his father Philip had tried to kill him. 200 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,800 There was a huge banquet going on in Macedon, 201 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,040 and, of course, as the evening progressed, everyone was getting more and more drunk. 202 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,280 And in the drunkenness, 203 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,960 General Attalus basically insulted Alexander by saying, 204 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,160 "You're a bastard. You're not the rightful heir to the throne," 205 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,360 and Alexander was furious. 206 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,880 And Philip, his father, instead of saying anything in Alexander's defense said, 207 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,520 "Ooh, you've insulted my best friend," and basically tried to kill Alexander. 208 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,720 Alexander left the court, 209 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,480 not so much, probably, that he was in fear of his life, 210 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:13,440 but more because his father had not defended him. 211 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,520 [crowd murmuring] 212 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,800 Ah, Alexander. You haven't been avoiding your father, have you? 213 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:23,760 Your king. 214 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:27,640 Well, that depends. 215 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,560 Are you going to embrace me or kill me? 216 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:32,560 [chuckles] 217 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,600 A year in the wilderness and you're still smarting. 218 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:36,880 You humiliated me. 219 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,000 -[Philip] Attalus was only drunk. -But you sided with him. 220 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:41,680 [Philip] It was horseplay, that's all. 221 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,560 Besides, 222 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,680 blood is thicker than water. 223 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,520 But not wine in your case? 224 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:54,120 What's going on? 225 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,400 Does Alexander need me? 226 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,960 You know, Hephaestion, you mother him more than I do. 227 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,640 Attalus may be one of my finest generals, 228 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,680 but you are my son, and that matters. 229 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,160 Our man seems tense. 230 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,120 He's fine, Ptol. He just needs to remember who he is. 231 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,200 Or drink until he forgets. 232 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,240 -Always works for me. -[scoffs] 233 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,600 [Philip] If I am to take on the old enemy, 234 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,000 I want you with me. 235 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,880 I'd be honored to fight alongside you like we used to. 236 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,080 When do we leave for Persia? 237 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,360 Let's talk of war later. 238 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:47,880 [pats Alexander on his back] 239 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,360 Another important part of this wedding is the reconciliation 240 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,640 between Philip and Alexander. 241 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,240 Uh, the rest of the Greek world would've been aware of the fact 242 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,360 that there had been a break between these two men, 243 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,520 and so Philip could use this wedding as an opportunity to show 244 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,600 that his relationship with his son and the potential heir of Macedon 245 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:05,720 was firm and solid 246 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,440 and there was nothing that the rest of the Greek states 247 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:09,960 could take advantage of. 248 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,480 [dramatic majestic music starting] 249 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:29,800 [Philip] Silence. 250 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,520 -[crowd quiets] -[music fades] 251 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,280 Thank you, but my role today is merely ornamental, 252 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,960 to bless this happy union. 253 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,600 [Philip] And may you both find the happiness I have 254 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,320 with my beautiful wife, Eurydice. 255 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,880 -[man] Hear! -[crowd cheering] 256 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 [crowd applauding] 257 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,520 [Philip] But it is also a time to reinforce the ties that bind us all. 258 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,240 -Are we a happy family once more? -[Philip] Like our couple here… 259 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,640 I'm to join him in a war against the Persian Empire. 260 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,320 -[Philip] …bound together in… -To be by his side. 261 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,960 -[Philip]…tolerance, and above all… -Well, that is a surprise. 262 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:13,960 [Philip] …loyalty. 263 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,480 Let us honor the bride and groom 264 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:19,760 and pray for a son! 265 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,160 -[cries in agony] -No! 266 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,320 [crowd screams] 267 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:25,400 Guards! 268 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:26,880 [crowd clamoring] 269 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,760 Lock those doors. Nobody leaves! 270 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,120 Philip was murdered by Pausanias, 271 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,960 who was a member of his very trusted bodyguard, 272 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,920 but we don't know who paid Pausanias to take on this gruesome task. 273 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,600 [Ptolemy] Nobody leaves! 274 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,280 -[man] Let us through! -That's an order! 275 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,280 It's a wonderful Agatha Christie mystery, really, 276 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,800 because you've got all these contenders for it. Olympias, Alexander, 277 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,320 dozens of other Macedonian generals who could have stepped in at any time. 278 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,240 Now is the moment. 279 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,360 Heph, retrieve my father's sword and crown now. 280 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,160 [Lloyd] But I see Olympias's hand, 281 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,560 the shadow of it at least, behind Philip's assassination. 282 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,360 [dramatic music playing] 283 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:41,720 Silence. 284 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:45,280 I said, silence! 285 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,360 [music fades] 286 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:00,400 We are under attack. 287 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:04,640 Our king… 288 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,560 …my father, lies dead. 289 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,400 And the hand of Persia is to blame. 290 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,320 But I promise you in blood and fear, 291 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,080 they will pay for this evil. 292 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,600 -[man 1] Yeah! -[crowd] Yeah! 293 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,760 And our new king will free us. 294 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:27,680 [crowd] Yeah! 295 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,080 [Hephaestion] Free us from Persian tyranny. 296 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,720 All hail Alexander, King of Macedon! 297 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:39,400 [Hephaestion and crowd] Alexander! Alexander! Alexander! 298 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,280 [crowd continues to cheer] 299 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,720 One thing Alexander does in the immediate aftermath of Philip's death 300 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:53,160 is lay the blame, or at least involvement in it, at the door of the Persians. 301 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,080 It's really important to frame what an ambitious choice this was. 302 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,120 The Persian Empire was massive. 303 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,080 It was the largest empire the world had yet known. 304 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,760 And Macedonia was this really small, little kingdom 305 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:10,520 in the northern part of what is now modern Greece. 306 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:14,600 And now, all of a sudden, they're planning to take on 307 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:19,840 a well-ordered, well-structured, incredibly powerful, well-financed empire. 308 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,600 [Jennifer] It was something like two million square miles, 309 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,000 and it housed between 50 to 150 million people, 310 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:33,120 which, at that time, was almost 50% of the world's population. 311 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,400 The Persian Empire was enormous, 312 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:40,320 and in order to govern it, it was broken into basically provinces called satrapies, 313 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,400 each one headed by a satrap. 314 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,720 The Persians had all of their funds flooding into Babylon, 315 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,600 which is where they ran their empire from. 316 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:56,480 And so Babylon was really, basically, the large bank for the Persian Empire. 317 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:01,360 [Lloyd] Babylon was the hub of civilization. 318 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,400 It was the center of world culture at the time. 319 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:07,880 It was a theological center, 320 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,400 a center of learning, of astronomy, um, of the arts. 321 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:15,120 It was, without doubt, the jewel in the Persian crown. 322 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,920 And it was here in a vast palace 323 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,880 that Darius III and his queen, Stateira, held court. 324 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,720 It's stunning, my love. 325 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,440 Restoring the temple would not only be a fitting tribute to your reign, 326 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,680 but the perfect centerpiece for Babylon. 327 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,440 Indeed, the world. Wouldn't you agree, Governor? 328 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:49,000 It will be my city's jewel for all its people, my queen. 329 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,680 Generations to come. 330 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,960 And, if it pleases you, 331 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,840 my king, the building can commence as soon as funding is in place. 332 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,880 We have the money, Mazaeus. It arrived from Egypt yesterday. 333 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,200 The Egyptian satrap is paying you an honor. 334 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,040 Then why can't he pay his taxes like normal people in gold bars? 335 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,600 [Salima] The most important satrapy was, in fact, Egypt. 336 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,760 Egypt did not only produce agricultural wealth, 337 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,120 but it was also a source of gold. 338 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,400 And this gold was then taken by the Persians to Babylon, 339 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,920 and there, it was used to fund the might of the Persian Empire. 340 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,800 The scarab is their hallowed symbol of transformation. 341 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,800 -It's an insect that eats dung. -And you should respect it anyway. 342 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:40,760 And the satrap too. 343 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,680 If you want to keep the gold flowing, 344 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,800 it's time you granted him an audience. 345 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,360 [Darius] Stateira, please. 346 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,200 The gold flows for one reason. 347 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,080 -Persia's total dominance. -[scoffs] 348 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:56,000 [object smashes] 349 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,640 [Lloyd] Darius came to power 350 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:05,400 just at the moment Philip was assassinated. 351 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,560 Oh. I'm sure it's nothing. 352 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,600 What is broken can be remade, yes? 353 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,920 [Lloyd] It's almost as though fate 354 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,960 is waiting to bring Darius and Alexander together 355 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,240 because, really, they both mount the throne 356 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,000 within weeks, months of each other. 357 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,160 At that point, the world holds its breath 358 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:35,040 to think about, "Okay. What's the outcome gonna be of these two new, young powers?" 359 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:40,120 Any change in royal regime involves violence, 360 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,600 and this is because the new ruler has to eliminate 361 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,240 any real or perceived threats to their right to be on that throne. 362 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,720 In the case of Alexander, his mom may have gotten involved as well. 363 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,320 [dramatic music playing] 364 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,280 Philip has a daughter, a young daughter, with Eurydice, named Europa, 365 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:09,840 and even after Philip's death, they seem to have been a great threat to Olympias. 366 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,600 And we're told by one of our sources 367 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:16,440 that Olympias drags the young baby over a bronze vessel filled with fire, 368 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:21,080 and after having seen this horrible event occur to her daughter, 369 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,880 Eurydice kills herself. 370 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,040 Whether her death was self-inflicted 371 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,960 or came from an external source, that we don't know. 372 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:35,400 But it did remove a very real issue for Alexander. 373 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,480 [Olympias] Well, she wasn't bestowed with the gift of the mind, 374 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,680 but she certainly was a sight for feasting eyes. 375 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:52,720 What have you done? 376 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,400 Secured that crown in your hand. 377 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,880 She held far too much power at court and threatened your succession 378 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:02,600 when you have always been the rightful heir. 379 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:04,800 Mother… 380 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,800 Oh, we're being formal again, are we? 381 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,000 She ended her life with her very own hand, 382 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,000 I did nothing. 383 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,800 This only makes my reign look illegitimate. 384 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,520 -[Olympias] Nonsense. -They looked at me like I was a sham. 385 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,520 Then prove to them you are not. 386 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,080 Alex, we need… 387 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,960 We need to go. 388 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,800 No more killing, you understand? 389 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:41,320 This… 390 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,280 This does not help. 391 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:55,680 [Lloyd] Alexander inherits the throne at the age of about 20 via a bloodbath. 392 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,760 And what's interesting is, if we cast our eye over to the east in Persia, 393 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,480 we see that Darius III-- 394 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,680 or Darius or Darayavayush, it's all the same name, 395 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:12,680 he has also inherited a throne via murder and mayhem too. 396 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,840 He comes at a time when two of his predecessors have been poisoned. 397 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,200 It's not a good look. 398 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,240 It's not a good look for the dynasty. It's not a good look for stability. 399 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,160 -[men shouting] -[horses neigh] 400 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,920 [man] On me! On me! 401 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,280 [horse neighs] 402 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,840 [horse snorts, neighs] 403 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,840 -[man grunts] -[horse neighs] 404 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,360 -[man 1] Hit me! -[man 2] Hyah! Go! Now! 405 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:41,400 [man 3] Come on! 406 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:43,680 [man 2] On me! On me! 407 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,680 [man 1] Keep up! 408 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,800 [shouting continues] 409 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,440 [man] Darius wasn't from the royal noble line. 410 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,440 He was able to really achieve legitimacy 411 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,040 by marrying a noble Persian woman, 412 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:06,280 and that is Stateira, 413 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,360 who has the pedigree of royalty. 414 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,280 General Memnon. 415 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:15,360 Through this marriage, it enabled him 416 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:20,680 to be considered as the legitimate king of the Persian Empire. 417 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:22,560 [Memnon] My king. 418 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,960 Surely you're not going to play wearing that. 419 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,560 -[Stateira] My husband's right. -Stateira. 420 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,800 That outfit will not help your game. 421 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,480 Nor is taunting your fellow players. 422 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,160 I have news from Macedon. 423 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,320 You remember King Philip? 424 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,280 [Darius] Oh, yes. Of course. 425 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:43,720 Is he still asking for my painful death? 426 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,160 No, not anymore. He was assassinated by his own bodyguard. 427 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,080 -[Stateira scoffs] -Those barbarians. 428 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,520 His son, Alexander, all of 20 years old, succeeds him. 429 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,400 And now a boy king? 430 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,000 Well, they never learn either. 431 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,280 Although… General. 432 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,600 Do they already have troops on our soil? 433 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,840 Two divisions out near Magnesia in the west. 434 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,360 And who is commanding them? 435 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,200 [Memnon] Generals Parmenion and Attalus. 436 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,800 Although we hear news that the new king had Attalus's niece murdered. 437 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,640 Oh dear. Can't imagine that will improve his morale. 438 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,520 [Darius] No. Not at all. 439 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,000 We will take advantage. 440 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,800 General, assemble your mercenaries and attack immediately. 441 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,480 -Sir. -[Darius] We can purge them. 442 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,320 Once and for all. 443 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,920 Of course, it's important to realize that Darius himself 444 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,520 doesn't take part in this campaign, 445 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,880 and that's because I think he just sees it as a skirmish 446 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,560 on the western front of the empire. 447 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,920 It's not really anything to take notice of. 448 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,040 He dispatches his very trusted right-hand man, General Memnon, 449 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:06,360 and Darius thinks it'll all end there. 450 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:13,440 So Memnon marches his army through Mesopotamia, right the way across Anatolia 451 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,080 to the far west of the empire in Asia Minor, 452 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,920 and there they clash with the Macedonian forces, 453 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:24,760 led by two of Alexander's generals, Parmenion and Attalus. 454 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,120 And Alexander's nowhere to be seen. 455 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,520 That's because he's actually still back in Macedon, 456 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,240 trying to quell the aftermath of the assassination of Philip. 457 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,800 You saw the letter from Attalus and Parmenion. 458 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:37,920 It was slaughter. 459 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,160 Only because you were busy here restoring order to our lands. 460 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,920 Yes, but now the remaining troops are in full retreat, 461 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,240 and the generals are awaiting my orders. 462 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:52,080 You said it yourself, I need to… prove myself. 463 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:58,480 And just perhaps, your destiny is bigger than you could ever imagine. 464 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,440 But, yes, it is time to prove your worth. 465 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,400 Please. 466 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,200 This is a sacred place. 467 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,360 I was never allowed in here before, so why now? 468 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,040 [Olympias] Because it's time for the truth… 469 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,600 about your real father. 470 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:41,000 [Lloyd] It was standard practice across the whole of the ancient world 471 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:46,760 to use intoxicants, hallucinogenics in religious practice. 472 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:48,600 [chants in Greek] 473 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,920 Because it was a way in which you could lose yourself 474 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:58,520 and enter a state of being in which you could receive dreams and omens, 475 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,520 which was a very important part of the communication system 476 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,440 with the spirits of the dead, your ancestors. 477 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,680 But also, if you were lucky, with the gods themselves. 478 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:12,720 What is it? 479 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,240 Please. 480 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,640 -[man whispers] -[eerie music playing] 481 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,440 -[thunder rolling] -[wind blowing] 482 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,960 Look. Can you see it now? 483 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,280 [Alexander] That's Mount Olympus, home to the gods. 484 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,160 It is time you know your true identity, Alexander. 485 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,400 You are the son of Zeus. 486 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:04,720 [thunder cracking] 487 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,080 Do you believe me now? 488 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:15,000 Do you see? Whatever you endeavor, however grand, you shall never fail. 489 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:17,880 So, go. 490 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,600 Lead your men where Philip never could. 491 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,680 Conquer Persia and beyond. It is your destiny. 492 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,920 [thunder rolling] 493 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,240 [ethereal music playing] 494 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,840 -[men shouting battle cries] -[horses running] 495 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:41,880 [music fades] 496 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:43,480 Mamá. 497 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,240 Mamá? 498 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:54,320 [Lloyd] I think throughout his life, Olympias had drip-fed Alexander 499 00:31:54,400 --> 00:32:00,160 the notion that he was the son of Zeus, the most supreme of all the Greek gods. 500 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,200 And, you know, in Alexander's mind, that's perfectly feasible. 501 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:08,040 As far as he was concerned, like all Greeks and Macedonians, 502 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:09,880 the gods walked amongst men 503 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,880 and potentially, a man could become a god. 504 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,520 That stands in real stark contrast to what's happening in Persia. 505 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,320 Darius III had no conception of himself as a god. 506 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,280 No Persian king ever thought of himself as a living deity. 507 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,440 They served the gods, 508 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:35,440 and the gods were not guaranteed to support the king in everything he did. 509 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,720 -[Stateira] Hmm? -Do the stars seem dimmer tonight? 510 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:10,800 What might that mean? 511 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,720 Usually, a change is coming. 512 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:17,720 [Stateira sighs] 513 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,800 [Lloyd] The Persians were what we might call superstitious. 514 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,960 Night after night, Babylonian astrologers would be scanning the skies 515 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,040 for omens from the heavens. 516 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,760 These were taken very, very seriously, together with all sorts of other omnia. 517 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,840 The movement of birds, ants, and insects, 518 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:41,840 all of these kinds of things played on the Persian mind for interpretation. 519 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:46,080 It was almost as though the gods used the whole of creation 520 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,080 to send messages to their mortal subjects. 521 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,400 Are you worried about the model, 522 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,160 the piece that broke? 523 00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:58,960 [Darius] Could that be a sign? 524 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,200 Oh, I would say definitely. 525 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:05,880 Of what? 526 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,480 An architect with slippery hands. 527 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,840 [laughs] 528 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:15,560 But… 529 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,800 …if you still have concerns, then… 530 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,080 use that Macedonian general to your advantage. 531 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:28,800 Attalus, yes? 532 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,680 He must hate that boy king. 533 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,280 We could make him an offer. 534 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:42,680 -[Stateira] Mmm… -Yes… 535 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,520 [Stateira laughs] 536 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,840 [man grunting in effort] 537 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,960 [Carolyn] Attalus is in a particularly awkward position. 538 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,880 He's stationed at the brink of the Persian Empire, 539 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,960 ready to lead the Macedonian troops and sort of carry out Philip's plans. 540 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,440 But who does he support now? Does he support Alexander? 541 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,920 Is he receiving overtures from the Persian Empire 542 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,880 who might see Attalus as a weak link they can exploit? 543 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,680 He has to make a choice, 544 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,080 and the choice is gonna have far-reaching consequences 545 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,400 for his own survival. 546 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,960 [Parmenion] We're looking at over 4,000 souls lost. 547 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,720 Plus 1,000 wounded. 548 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,240 [man coughing in background] 549 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,000 Something to share, Attalus? 550 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:34,680 Nothing of note. 551 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:40,080 [Ali] So Darius reaches out to Attalus as someone who he can basically bribe. 552 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,200 This is a tried-and-trusted method of dealing with these recalcitrant Greeks. 553 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,560 How do you deal with them? Bribe them. 554 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:52,120 You know, keep them happy by sowing division. Divide and conquer. 555 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,720 Standard operating practice for empires, 556 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,400 and the Persians were extremely good at it. 557 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,920 It seems that our young royal majesty is delayed. 558 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:04,160 Um… 559 00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:06,320 Parmenion, can we be honest? 560 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,920 Do you really think he can lead our army? 561 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,320 It doesn't matter what I think, old friend. 562 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,000 He's the king. 563 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:20,960 Indeed, he is. 564 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,400 Loyalty is what Philip would have expected, no? 565 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:32,680 Yes. 566 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:34,600 Yes, of course. 567 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,400 [Lloyd] Attalus is at an interesting point in life. 568 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,120 He had risen, of course, under Philip II as his right-hand man, 569 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:46,880 trusted and loyal to him. 570 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,560 Um, he'd married off his niece to Philip, 571 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,960 and, of course, both of those had died in this bloodbath. 572 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:57,000 So now, Attalus is faced with Alexander, 573 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,640 and there's no love lost between them at all. 574 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:04,520 Alexander had gone into exile because of Attalus's machinations, 575 00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:09,480 and here they stand, kind of having a face-off. What's going to happen next? 576 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:14,080 Well, the truth is Attalus has control of the Macedonian army, 577 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,600 and success is going to be dependent on him. 578 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,480 -Yes, good boy, Bucephalus. -[horse nickers] 579 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,800 [Lloyd] So, Alexander is in a pretty precarious position. 580 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,360 We have a long journey ahead of us, old friend. 581 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,640 -[horse 2 neighs] -[man] Get ready to mount. 582 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,920 So, you have word from the front. 583 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,360 A message from Attalus? 584 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,040 [Alexander] I did. 585 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,280 He sent me a letter he'd received from King Darius. 586 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:42,880 It contained a bribe. 587 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,680 The throne of Macedon in exchange for his obedience. 588 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,200 [Hephaestion] And he sent it to you? 589 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:53,400 Along with a letter rejecting it, confirming his loyalty to me and Macedon. 590 00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,800 That shows you're winning the men over. 591 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,440 Right? If Attalus stays loyal, so does his army. 592 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:03,480 That's the problem. 593 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,520 He has that power over me and a reason to use it. 594 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:08,400 -[horse neighs] -Hey, hey… 595 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:09,560 [whistles] 596 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,440 [softly] Hey, good boy. 597 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,640 [Lloyd] What we see here is the emergence of Alexander, 598 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:18,680 a consummate politician. 599 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,560 And also the origins, 600 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:22,720 I think, 601 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,560 of Alexander the tyrant, 602 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,480 who is ruthless against any opposition. 603 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,880 Fine. What are you going to do? 604 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:33,560 Alex? 605 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,000 What have you done? 606 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,720 [dramatic music playing] 607 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:41,280 [coin turning] 608 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:50,080 And so the first lines on a new map are sketched in blood. 609 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:51,640 [man] No! 610 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:53,520 No! 611 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,760 [woman] But not yet the blood of enemies. 612 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,640 I have been true to our king! I swear it! 613 00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:01,040 To the gods that watch us! 614 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,360 -High treason. -[Attalus] No! 615 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:05,600 Bribery. 616 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,640 Collusion with the enemy. 617 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:14,360 Only one punishment befits this Persian puppet. 618 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,720 [Attalus] No! No! 619 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,600 By order of Alexander… 620 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:26,640 [breathes heavily] 621 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,280 [Attalus whimpers] 622 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:29,200 Death. 623 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,280 [Attalus groans] 624 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:31,800 [crashes] 625 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,240 [woman] And so the first steps are taken 626 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,200 towards an epic duel. 627 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,600 [dramatic music playing] 628 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,840 [commander] Cavalry, forward! 629 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,640 [commander] Battalions! On me! 630 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:09,600 Two men… 631 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,680 worlds apart in their qualities 632 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,400 and temperament. 633 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,680 Two bitter enemies. 634 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,320 [music wanes] 635 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,600 [woman] A world away from each other… 636 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,120 -[man shouting orders] -[soldiers chanting] 637 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:42,400 …but not for long. 638 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,960 [murmuring inaudibly] 639 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,400 [Darius] News of Attalus defecting? 640 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,320 No. 641 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,320 Will Macedon be ours? 642 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,400 Attalus is dead. 643 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,280 And the boy king? 644 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:16,200 He's coming. 645 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,400 [dramatic music intensifies] 646 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,760 [dramatic music playing] 647 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,000 [music fades] 52856