ALÉXANDROS HO MAKEDÓN. History remembers him as Alexander the Great. Standing at the edge of the known world, he believed that destiny bowed to him. Having conquered Greece, Persia, Egypt, and many parts of Asia, legend says he uttered the following sentence, symbolising his intoxicating pride, believing that Earth was too small for his greatness.

“Is there no one else for me to conquer?”

But destiny was smiling. At age 32, the conqueror of conquerors died far from home in Babylon, exhausted, broken, and in agony. He was just a mortal morsel in the jaws of the universe.

Today, despite centuries of searching, the definite location of his grave remains unknown. The man who once possessed half the world, whose name sent shudders down the spine of kings, vanished into the anonymity of dust, starkly proving the fact that, in the end, dust is the ultimate destination.

GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR. History remembers him as Julius Caesar. He stood at the pinnacle of Roman power, exhibiting the confidence of a God. Caesar, in just 4 hours, crushed the forces at the Battle of Zela of Pharnaces II, the rebellious King of Pontus, who had invaded Roman territories in Asia Minor, today’s Türkiye, on 2nd August, 47 BC.

In his hubris, he uttered three words: “Veni, vidi, vici”, meaning “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

Rome celebrated his greatness, statues arose in his honour, crowds........

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