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The Azara herm, Roman copy of a portrait of Alexander the Great by Lysippos, Musee du Louvre
The Azara herm, Roman copy of a portrait of Alexander the Great by Lysippos, Musee du LouvreCopy of Lysippos · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source

What killed Alexander the Great?

Alexander the Great died at 32, and nobody can agree on what killed him.

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  1. Alexander the Great died at 32, and nobody can agree on what killed him.
  2. HE HAD JUST RETURNED TO BABYLON
  3. HE EVENTUALLY COULDN'T SPEAK
  4. NATURAL DISEASE IS A MAJOR POSSIBILITY
  5. BUT PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY SUSPECTED POISON
  6. THEN CAME AN EVEN STRANGER STORY
  7. HIS DEATH CREATED ANOTHER DISASTER
  8. WHY THE CAUSE STAYS OPEN

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