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title: Alexander the Great and Bucephalus
author: Franco R. Batista Garcia
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21039/alexander-the-great-and-bucephalus/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-09-25
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# Alexander the Great and Bucephalus

_Authored by [Franco R. Batista Garcia](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/francobatista022/)_

## Image File

[![Alexander the Great and Bucephalus](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21039.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21039.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Alexander the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/Alexander_the_Great/) on [Bucephalus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Bucephalus/), [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) equestrian monument by Evangelos Moustakas, photograph by Franco R. Batista Garcia, [Thessaloniki](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thessalonica/), 10 September 2025.

Following the assassination of [Philip II of Macedon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Philip_II_of_Macedon/) in October 336 BCE, his son [Alexander](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Alexander/) ascended to the throne of a rising power in the [Mediterranean](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/mediterranean/). He would go on to embark on a series of campaigns against [Persia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Persia/) for 10 years, bring about the collapse of the most powerful state in the Mediterranean world, and change the course of history. This 1973 bronze statue of Alexander the Great on his beloved horse Bucephalus can be found on the waterfront of Thessaloniki's Nea Paralia.

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## About the Author

Currently a Global History MA student at Free University and Humboldt University of Berlin. Holds a BA in History from the Honors College of Florida International University.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Garcia, F. R. B. (2025, September 25). Alexander the Great and Bucephalus. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21039/alexander-the-great-and-bucephalus/>
### Chicago
Garcia, Franco R. Batista. "Alexander the Great and Bucephalus." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 25, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21039/alexander-the-great-and-bucephalus/>.
### MLA
Garcia, Franco R. Batista. "Alexander the Great and Bucephalus." *World History Encyclopedia*, 25 Sep 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21039/alexander-the-great-and-bucephalus/>.

## License & Copyright

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