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Battle of Alexander and Porrus from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 44v

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Battle of Alexander and Porrus from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 44v

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Detail of a miniature of the battle between Alexander and Porrus. Image taken from f. 44v of Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre). Written in French.

The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts that were once owned by the British monarchs, including English and later British kings and queens from the late 12th to the 19th centuries. These manuscripts are notable for their historical and artistic value.

The collection was initially stored in various royal libraries and palaces, such as the Tower of London and Westminster Palace. During the English Civil War in the 17th century and the subsequent Interregnum, many royal treasures, including manuscripts, were dispersed and sold. Some manuscripts were lost, destroyed, or ended up in private hands.

In 1757, King George II donated the Old Royal Library to the British Museum (which later became the British Library), where the manuscripts were integrated into the museum's collections. This marked the formal establishment of the Royal Manuscript Collection within the British Museum.

Alexander the Great was born in the Pella region of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia on July 20, 356 B.C., to parents King Philip II of Macedon and Queen Olympia, daughter of King Neoptolemus. In 343 B.C., King Philip II hired the philosopher Aristotle to tutor Alexander at the Temple of the Nymphs at Meiza. After Alexander completed his education in 340 B.C., he became a soldier and embarked on his first military expedition. Since then, Alexander was constantly battling for his kingdom and its expansion. Here is the list of his counterparts: - Athenian and Theban armies at Chaeronea. - Hith mother-in-law Cleopatra - region of Thessaly - Thracian Triballians - City of Thebes - Persian King Darius III' - Gaza - Egypt - Persians - Eastern Iran - Northern India While preparing the conquests of Carthage and Rome, Alexander the Great died of malaria in Babylon (now Iraq), on June 13, 323 B.C. He was just 32 years old. His empire collapsed. Later, cultures of Greece and the Orient synthesized and thrived as Panhellenism - a side effect of Alexander's empire.

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