1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,680 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,000 And so the world did burn. 3 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:22,280 A raging firestorm that spread across the land. 4 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,040 And for some, 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,080 it would end. 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,520 But in that white-hot heat, 7 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,880 which loyalties would crack? 8 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,080 And which would be forged anew? 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,720 [Salima] Darius had already been beaten 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,920 very badly at Issus, and so, he had been retreating. 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,920 He'd lost large chunks of his empire. 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,080 His family was in hostage to Alexander, 13 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,600 so, he tried to broker a deal with Alexander, 14 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,960 offering him half the empire, untold wealth, 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,320 and the hand of his daughter in marriage. 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,480 [Jennifer] Barsine had actually been betrothed to Mazaeus, 17 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,400 so, the fact that Darius was willing to give his daughter to Alexander 18 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,040 really shows that Darius is trying everything at his disposal 19 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,160 to prevent this war from continuing. 20 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,640 Alexander sent a reply that he was not interested in anything… 21 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,360 -No. -[Jennifer] …that Darius was offering. 22 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,680 But he sends this letter through Mazaeus so that Mazaeus is able to see 23 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,760 that Darius is willing to be disloyal to his own men 24 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,040 in exchange for peace with Alexander. 25 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,480 A messenger delivered this. 26 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,120 Direct from Alexander. 27 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,480 It seems you have your answer, my king. 28 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,360 [dramatic music playing] 29 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,720 [Jennifer] As a result of Alexander rejecting Darius's peace offer, 30 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,120 there will now be one final showdown at Gaugamela in modern-day Iraq. 31 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,280 [Lloyd] Gaugamela, without a doubt, 32 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,640 is one of those moments in history. 33 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,280 -[spears pounding] -[Lloyd] It is the moment when 34 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,760 the future of the world is decided. 35 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,680 [music intensifies] 36 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,440 [weapons rattle] 37 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,360 [soldiers shouting] 38 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,440 And so, the battle breaks 39 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,560 -in storming chaos. -[horses gallop] 40 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:27,480 [soldiers shout] 41 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,600 [swords clashing] 42 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,480 Troops inflamed, 43 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:33,640 slashing each other with bronze. 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,040 -[soldiers shouting] -[weapons clashing] 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,040 Charge! 46 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:39,640 [man screams] 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,520 But the wise man knows… 48 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,400 -[swords slash] -[soldiers scream] 49 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,400 …you can crush your enemy with strategy… 50 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:47,920 [horse neighs] 51 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,920 …or with sheer force of will. 52 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,880 [music wanes, echoes] 53 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,920 -[swords clash] -[men scream] 54 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,320 [ethereal music playing over battle noise] 55 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,800 [horse neighs] 56 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,280 On paper, Darius should have this battle won before it even begins. 57 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,960 He has ten times as many men as Alexander. 58 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:12,560 [soldier grunts] 59 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:14,360 -[grunts] -[soldiers shout] 60 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,760 What Alexander does 61 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:17,880 is kick things off from the right. 62 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,880 He actually draws the Persians out 63 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,040 further and further and further to the right, 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,880 pulling the Persian line apart. 65 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,680 General Parmenion, attack their right flank. 66 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:28,720 [man screams] 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,160 Cavalry, follow me! Yah! 68 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,600 -[soldiers shout] -[dramatic music playing] 69 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,440 We have Parmenion trying to defend the left side 70 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,960 of the Macedonian army against Mazaeus. 71 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:43,960 [roars] 72 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,160 [soldier screams] 73 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,840 [Carolyn] But they are outnumbered, there are gaps opening up, 74 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:50,600 and Parmenion is struggling. 75 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,640 He's leaving their center exposed. 76 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,920 General Mazaeus! Quickly! 77 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,720 Counter the cavalry on the right. 78 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:01,640 [Mazaeus] On me! 79 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,960 Darius responds to this action by sending chariots 80 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:08,920 right into the Macedonian phalanx. 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,080 [horses neigh] 82 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,560 [Jennifer] But they're too smart for that, and they simply open gaps in the line 83 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,240 and let them ride right through. 84 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,080 [horses neigh] 85 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,280 [swords clashing] 86 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:26,280 [screams] 87 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,360 [horse neighs] 88 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:31,680 [yells] 89 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,480 Meanwhile, Alexander is still fighting on the Macedonian right. 90 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,840 His opening tactics to split apart the Persian lines have worked, 91 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,920 and a gap has now opened up. 92 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,040 [soldiers shout] 93 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:45,720 Hold the line! 94 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,800 This is our moment. 95 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,760 He charges at Darius, who is, of course, at the heart of the Persian army. 96 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:55,000 -[horse neighs] -[men shout] 97 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,440 Darius sees Alexander coming to him, 98 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,840 and I suppose there's a sense of déjà vu here. 99 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:03,960 Here we go again. 100 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,320 He needs to get away from Alexander as quickly as he can. 101 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,960 Many people think, "Oh my God. This is an act of great cowardice." 102 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,360 But this is actually an act of statecraft, 103 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,320 because if the king dies, then that's the end of the empire. 104 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,640 [Oracle] When they finally surrender to the whim of the gods, 105 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,200 and when those gods stride forth 106 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:33,760 in all their blazing power… 107 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:35,560 -[strains] -[man screams] 108 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,120 Guards, stop them! 109 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:42,520 …what mortal man can compete? 110 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,080 [breathes heavily] 111 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:47,720 [horses neigh] 112 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,440 [breathes heavily] 113 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,720 [Hephaestion, muffled] Alexander… 114 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,200 -Alexander. -[panting] 115 00:05:54,280 --> 00:05:56,320 Their commanders have taken flight. 116 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,080 Not even Achilles could dream of such a triumph. 117 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:01,280 Alexander? 118 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,960 Seeing Darius flee from the battlefield, 119 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:09,280 his old colleague, Mazaeus, also flees. 120 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,800 -Cavalry! On my mark, follow me! -[soldiers screaming] 121 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,240 This moment must have been one of both 122 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,600 sheer elation and ecstasy for Alexander, 123 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,800 but also incredible frustration, 124 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,600 because this is the closest he has come to owning Persia. 125 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,760 But he still can't catch Darius. 126 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:35,360 And it's not over 127 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,720 until Darius is dealt with. 128 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,960 [Bessus] Gather as many men as you can. 129 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,000 Babylon has surely fallen. 130 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,800 We head east, deeper into the empire, and raise a new army. 131 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,520 Persia will never capitulate. 132 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,000 Ha! 133 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:56,640 [horse neighs] 134 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:57,560 My king. 135 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,120 -Ha! Ha! -[horse neighs, gallops] 136 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,240 Mazaeus has no inclination to follow Darius, 137 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,160 and instead, he heads back to the city of Babylon, 138 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,840 the city, of course, he governs as satrap. 139 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:25,400 Not far behind him rides Alexander and his inner circle, 140 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,040 and they too enter into Babylon, 141 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,320 this jewel of all Persian cities. 142 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,480 [suspenseful music playing] 143 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:55,000 [Salima] It is quite extraordinary that this young general, Alexander, 144 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,680 has conquered Egypt, 145 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,160 marched through most of the Middle East, 146 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,760 and now has arrived at the gates of Babylon. 147 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,480 And now, that too has fallen to him. 148 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,360 It would have been unthinkable 149 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,560 when people first saw Alexander marching out of Macedon 150 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,520 that he would achieve so much 151 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,440 in such a short amount of time. 152 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,960 [dramatic music playing] 153 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,120 [footsteps approaching] 154 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,360 You're not gonna take his seat? 155 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,400 Alex. 156 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:15,600 Do you remember? 157 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,600 At the shrine in Troy, you were so worried you could never be like Achilles. 158 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:26,840 You could never be "a lionheart who mauls battalions." 159 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,840 I didn't worry for one second. 160 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,120 [softly] Look at you now, 161 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:54,840 hey? 162 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,960 Stop. Please. 163 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,040 [scoffs] 164 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,120 What? 165 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,840 You want me to kneel before the King of Asia? 166 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,040 [firmly] I said stop. 167 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,480 I will not sit, 168 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:16,200 because it is not yet mine, Heph. 169 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,080 Victory is total. 170 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,720 Alex, you have his throne. 171 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,320 His city. 172 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:28,800 His family. 173 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,080 What else is there? You even have his dreams. 174 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,280 But he is still out there. 175 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,080 The King of Persia. 176 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,280 And until I deal with that, 177 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,240 I'm the king of nothing. 178 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,600 [dramatic music intensifies] 179 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,000 [music wanes] 180 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:09,720 Barsine. 181 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:11,600 Mazaeus. 182 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:19,960 -And where is my father? -[horse neighs] 183 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:21,400 [Ptolemy] With any luck, 184 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,720 he's now as dead as a dog. 185 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:25,360 What? 186 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,160 Did you think you would just walk off into the sunset? 187 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,320 I… I made my choice. 188 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,840 -Come with us. -I will surrender to Alexander. 189 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,600 It's time for you to kneel in front of the new King of Asia. 190 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:39,120 [soldier] Come on. 191 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:50,920 [Ptolemy] My king. 192 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,240 Your royal baggage. 193 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:57,840 Look at that, Ptolemy. 194 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,080 Someone has toppled the brutal Persian conqueror. 195 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,240 [Ali] There is a story that's related that says that Alexander finds 196 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,200 a statue of Xerxes, and Xerxes, 197 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,680 for Alexander, of course, is the great king 198 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,480 who led the second invasion of Greece and sacked the Acropolis. 199 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,520 He has this internal dialogue where he's torn 200 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,640 about what to do about this statue. 201 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:27,920 It does exemplify Alexander's deeper anxiety, shall we say, at this time 202 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,560 of his relationship with the Persians. 203 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,240 Shall I leave you lying there because of the expeditions you led against Greece? 204 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,400 Or shall I pick you up 205 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,840 because of your virtues in other respects? 206 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:45,000 [Mazaeus] Sir. 207 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:47,880 May I humbly suggest 208 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,240 a war is no true measure of man, 209 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,480 but that only in a life of public service 210 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:55,800 can he be judged. 211 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,600 [dramatic music playing] 212 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,040 Then perhaps you can help me return this to its rightful place. 213 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,080 [Mazaeus strains] 214 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,480 This is my decree. 215 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,200 If your citizens offer no resistance, 216 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,560 there will be no bloodshed. 217 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:53,800 But I think their governor… 218 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,160 and his fiancée 219 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,360 are best placed to deliver that message. 220 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,000 Don't you? 221 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:06,760 [gasps softly] 222 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:07,840 [inhales] 223 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,400 Of course. 224 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:13,200 King 225 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,360 of kings. 226 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 [dramatic music playing] 227 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:36,440 [kisses hand] 228 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:50,040 [Salima] The great fear for Ptolemy and Alexander's soldiers 229 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,000 is that the further east Alexander goes, 230 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,720 the more Eastern and, in their mind, sort of dissolute he becomes. 231 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,200 He is then losing his Greekness, his Macedonian-ness, 232 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,800 and that, for the army, is a vital problem. 233 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:08,720 [Ptolemy] What was that? 234 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,920 When they said that you had gone native, I stood up for you. 235 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:16,880 But this… 236 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:18,880 Excuse me? 237 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,080 Paying respects to this scum 238 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,720 who slaughtered our ancestors 239 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,720 and then promises of no bloodshed 240 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,280 when you were more than willing to put Greeks to the sword. 241 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:31,560 At Granicus? At Halicarnassus-- 242 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,720 -Oh, be silent, I will not have-- -[shouts] What? 243 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,040 You will not have what? 244 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,920 Our people avenged for centuries of tyranny? 245 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,000 Because I'm telling you now, Alexander, that is the only reason why your men 246 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,160 have fought and bled and died in your name. 247 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,360 For vengeance until the score is paid! 248 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,520 And it is you who will make sure that that doesn't happen again, brother! 249 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,480 That the Babylonian people have my protection. 250 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:02,760 Do you hear me? 251 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:05,640 Because now, 252 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,760 all of this… 253 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,160 This is the Macedonian empire. 254 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,160 And we… 255 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:19,120 We are all native now. 256 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,000 Darius does not think that 257 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,440 it's all over for him yet. 258 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,680 If he can get himself 259 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,000 to the Eastern satrapies, 260 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,800 that's tough terrain for Alexander to follow him to. 261 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,520 They travel further and further east all the time 262 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,720 until they're starting to approach 263 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,440 what would now be the border with Afghanistan. 264 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,520 [dramatic music playing] 265 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,640 Where are we headed now? 266 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,840 He's been spotted heading east towards the Hindu Kush mountains. 267 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,640 So we're going after Darius again? 268 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:11,520 Alex, he's contained. 269 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,600 He's powerless. Alex. 270 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:15,800 This has become an obsession. 271 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,760 [Alexander] If he makes it to Bactria, we could lose him forever. 272 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,840 -Alex. It's become-- -[men shouting] 273 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,360 [music intensifies] 274 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,040 [horses neighing] 275 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,480 [music wanes] 276 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,000 [Lloyd] Darius's ambition at this time is 277 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,360 to open up 278 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,680 a long guerrilla warfare campaign against Alexander. 279 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:56,400 With the backing of Bessus, Bessus's soldiers, and his own mercenary, 280 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,360 they can hold out in the mountains 281 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,440 for months, if not years. 282 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,120 Alexander is upon us. 283 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,080 A small battalion has been spotted a few hours away. 284 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,280 This will never end. 285 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,440 He'll kill us all. 286 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,520 [men chattering in low voices] 287 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:27,960 [dramatic music playing] 288 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 [music wanes] 289 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,720 It doesn't have to be treachery. 290 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:52,440 Believe me. 291 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:54,880 I know that now. 292 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,160 Look at it, Bessus. 293 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:03,840 Just… 294 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:06,680 look. 295 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:11,680 What an exquisite idea. 296 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,600 An empire built on truth… 297 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,400 honor. 298 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,680 A civilization. 299 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,520 And all it needed was a custodian… 300 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:36,600 who would stay true to it. 301 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,000 [intense music builds] 302 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,680 [grunts, moans] 303 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,800 What motivates Bessus to do this 304 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,120 is a personal greed, personal power, 305 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,480 complete and utter dissatisfaction 306 00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:53,160 with Darius. 307 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,920 And the man who had been most loyal to him claims everything for himself. 308 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:03,160 Now, when Alexander hears about these events 309 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,280 from scouts, 310 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:05,800 he is shocked by it. 311 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,960 So we have this amazing overnight journey 312 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,560 where Alexander and his men 313 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,400 travel 18 hours on horseback without stopping 314 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:17,960 until they begin to catch up. 315 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,320 They can see the cortège of Darius ahead of them. 316 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,840 [softly] This is no way for a king to die. 317 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,680 [loudly] This is no way for a king to die. 318 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,320 [solemn music playing] 319 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,400 He was the king of kings, 320 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,280 and he deserves the respect that befits. 321 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,600 [man] Men, gather his body. 322 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,840 [Salima] If Alexander was living a scripted drama of his life, 323 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,480 he probably would not have written in 324 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,360 that Darius gets killed by someone else 325 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,800 because, for him, 326 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,920 the moment where he took over the empire properly 327 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,240 should have been when he killed Darius. 328 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,080 [bird caws in distance] 329 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,800 Bessus was then put to death 330 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,200 at Alexander's request 331 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,840 because, of course, Bessus was a king murderer, 332 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,760 and you can't let that go, 333 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,040 because otherwise Alexander might feel 334 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,680 that others would do the same to Alexander. 335 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:41,240 When you think about it, Darius's fight against Alexander 336 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,400 ended so… tragically for him. 337 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,600 -[sobs] -[Lloyd] He lost his wife, 338 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,120 he lost his chief friends and advisers, 339 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,920 and then, ultimately, Darius III lost his life. 340 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,800 [Carolyn] Alexander uses Darius's death, basically, as a form of propaganda. 341 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,160 He honors his body. 342 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,880 So, he's trying to show that he is a legitimate, respectful heir. 343 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,960 [solemn music playing] 344 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,080 [Alexander] He deserved more than to die in some filthy ditch. 345 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:30,640 And perhaps I drove him to that. 346 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:32,120 No. 347 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,000 He drove himself to that. 348 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,760 All you did was return his body to me. 349 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:45,560 And for that… 350 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:50,640 I am grateful. 351 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:54,920 [exhales] 352 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 [solemn music continues] 353 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:06,960 [sighs] 354 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,480 [Lloyd] With the death of Darius, 355 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,560 Alexander can justifiably 356 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,160 claim to be the King of Persia. 357 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,080 Alexander is at his pinnacle. 358 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,440 In just six short years, 359 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,760 he's gone from being a Macedonian prince 360 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,600 to the king of the four quarters of the world. 361 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,360 The King of Persia. 362 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,040 There is no greater accolade. 363 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,480 [Hephaestion] An honorable man 364 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,160 and a formidable opponent. 365 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,120 The turning of a page. 366 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:01,920 And for us too. 367 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,280 We can finally go home. 368 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,200 What if we don't? 369 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:25,520 In death, Darius has pointed the way for me to continue east. 370 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:29,960 Is Zeus not sending me a sign 371 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,640 that my divine calling has not yet been fulfilled, 372 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,480 that my conquests are incomplete? 373 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,360 I need to create an empire that eclipses all others. 374 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,920 [Hephaestion] But we could escape this fray. 375 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:02,200 Live forever. 376 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,240 Like Homer said, 377 00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:09,480 "Never a trace of age, 378 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,040 immortal." 379 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:15,600 Oh, my dear Heph. 380 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,120 "But the fates of death await us." 381 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,400 "So we either give our enemy glory…" 382 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,240 "Or win it for ourselves." 383 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,280 [Alexander] Find Ptolemy. 384 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,920 Parmenion too, if he's not deep in his drink. 385 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,280 In fact, summon all my generals. 386 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,320 I have a world to conquer. 387 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 [dramatic music intensifies] 388 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,160 [Oracle] And so, the war between two men will go on. 389 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,880 But not as we see now, 390 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,240 a battle between Alexander and those he might conquer, 391 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,880 but the battle within Alexander himself. 392 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,680 Two sides of the living god. 393 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,120 A conflict that will truly shape the world to come, 394 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,920 that will build a city that will last for millennia 395 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,160 and obsess people till the end of time. 396 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:52,800 [car horns honking] 397 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,200 [Salima] Alexander's legacy lives on in so many ways, 398 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,800 but the most obvious and the most elegant 399 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,800 is the city of Alexandria that he founded over 2,000 years ago. 400 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,120 Dr. Pepi Papakosta has found what seems to be the Royal Road 401 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,880 and also the remains of a monumental building. 402 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,280 Around this large building, 403 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,720 Dr. Pepi has found an array of objects. 404 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,120 [Calliope] These are oil lamps from the time of Alexander. 405 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:41,200 We find hundreds of these lamps in this area. 406 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:45,400 This small one was for offering to the gods 407 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,080 connected with use of this building. 408 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:53,080 The way that today people go to the church and light candle, 409 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,720 people used to offer an oil lamp to Alexander. 410 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,520 We see signs of fire, 411 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:05,640 and that means it's a… an object that people here used. 412 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,760 People in Alexandria worshiped Alexander, 413 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,680 hoping that he could protect them from evil. 414 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,880 He was considered a god. 415 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:25,160 In our excavation area, we find a lot of votive offerings. 416 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:31,160 People used to offer to Alexander small figurines 417 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,280 dealing with their problem, maybe. 418 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,840 They were old. They were sick. 419 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,280 The fact that we find so many votive offerings here 420 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,480 means that people were coming here to be helped. 421 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:53,160 People are still looking for any traces they can find of the real man himself. 422 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,840 The ultimate thing, of course, is his tomb. 423 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,640 Is it there in Alexandria? Does it still exist? 424 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,640 I suppose that's the million-dollar question. 425 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:11,120 To find Alexander in his coffin with precious treasures around him… 426 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:17,800 Oh my God. If we… If we manage to find this, 427 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:23,000 it will be the most greatest discovery in the whole world. 428 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,960 [Salima] Alexander's tomb would not really be what we think of as a tomb. 429 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,400 It would be far more monumental. 430 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,880 It would be like a rather a large mausoleum. 431 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,800 [Calliope] We know by the ancient sources 432 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:40,560 that his tomb was visible till 300 years AD. 433 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,080 [Lloyd] In late antiquity, 434 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,520 Alexandria was the site of almost constant warfare. 435 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,120 It was attacked many, many times, um, by Christian groups, 436 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,320 later on by Arab invaders. 437 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,920 The Alexandria of Alexander the Great 438 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,520 um, was battered and torn and broken and decimated. 439 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,680 [Calliope] So, we lose the body. We don't know if it was destroyed. 440 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,240 I believe that it was protected. It was hidden. 441 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:17,080 So, that's why I hope that the body, the sarcophagus, 442 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,360 still exists somewhere around here. 443 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,040 [Salima] There's another intriguing thing, and that is a tunnel 444 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,280 with a wonderful pitched roof. 445 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,560 This could be part of a water system for the city of Alexandria. 446 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,240 [man in Arabic] We have cleared a path 447 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,800 35 meters from the outside. 448 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:52,040 [Calliope] I am in the end of our excavation work inside the tunnel, 449 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:58,120 and it was a surprise because now we find a man-made wall. 450 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,320 So, I'm wondering why they made the wall inside the tunnel 451 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,440 and why not use an already existing tunnel 452 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,160 in order to hide something valuable. 453 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:16,040 There is a precedent for treasures being stashed away, 454 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:17,840 and, in fact, in Alexandria, 455 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,440 a life-sized statue of the Apis bull was found walled up. 456 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,360 And so, behind this wall that Pepi has found, 457 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,600 who knows what treasures lie. 458 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,240 [in Arabic] My wish is to find something important 459 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,240 that shows where we are, 460 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,240 but what I wish more is to find Alexander's tomb. 461 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,240 [dramatic music playing] 462 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,480 We have to go on. We have to go excavating. 463 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,800 It's not easy, and I hope that, in the end, 464 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,080 we will have the surprise we are waiting for. 465 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,960 [Lloyd] I really admire Pepi's zeal 466 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:03,800 and her commitment to this project, 467 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,280 and I sincerely hope 468 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,960 that she finds what she's looking for. 469 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,040 But for me, you know, Alexander has never gone away, 470 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,920 because we're encountering him all the time. 471 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,200 We find him in legends and myths, 472 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,760 and he is so inspirational to so many people too. 473 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,560 Alexander just grips the imagination. 474 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:27,600 He is someone who is this shining moment of history. 475 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:32,000 And I think that he is one of history's heroes. 476 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,080 -[crowd cheers] -[dramatic music playing] 477 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,240 We will be fighting for Macedon, 478 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,880 -and our hearts will be in it! -[soldiers roar] 479 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,240 [Lloyd] He was clearly a very able soldier. 480 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,240 He also commanded loyalty. 481 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:46,160 [shouts] This… 482 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,240 [calmly] …is all it took. 483 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:51,800 He had a certain charisma. 484 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,440 He was an opportunist. 485 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,760 He was a young man with determination 486 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,400 and ambition and a charisma to make people follow him. 487 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,840 [Carolyn] What he accomplishes in his life seems impossible. 488 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,560 You know, it seems like something only a hero out of, 489 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,000 you know, myth could do, and yet he did it. 490 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,120 And at the end of the day, we have to remind ourselves 491 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,560 that he was a real, living, breathing, mortal human. 492 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:14,840 [both laughing] 493 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,160 [Lloyd] Alexander's story is far from over. 494 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:19,880 In the next seven years, 495 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,400 we will see him set out on a great adventure. 496 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,840 He will be on a quest 497 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,200 to authenticate his idea of his own divinity, 498 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,760 but more than that, he meets with another nemesis. 499 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,440 This is not a nemesis unlike Darius III, 500 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:39,000 for the nemesis that he has to encounter, meet, and do battle with 501 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,840 is his own self. 502 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,680 It's his other Alexander. 503 00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:44,560 [horse neighs] 504 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,840 [dramatic music playing] 505 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,560 [music ends]