Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander: The journal records that soldiers, hearing rumors, crowded in to see Alexander for the last time, and that he could…
The journal records that soldiers, hearing rumors, crowded in to see Alexander for the last time, and that he could not speak and greeted them with his eyes. Alexander died.
τοὺς πολλοὺς δὲ ὑπὸ πένθους καὶ πόθου τοῦ βασιλέως βιάσασθαι ἰδεῖν Ἀλέξανδρον.
Location: 7.26.1–7.26.3
Alexander died in the 114th Olympiad, in the archonship of Hegesias. Aristobulus: he lived 32 years and 8 months and reigned 12 years and 8 months.
ἐτελεύτα μὲν δὴ Ἀλέξανδρος τῇ τετάρτῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ καὶ ἑκατοστῇ Ὀλυμπιάδι ἐπὶ Ἡγησίου ἄρχοντος Ἀθήνησιν·
Location: 7.28.1–7.28.3
Death of Alexander, after a reign of 12 years and 7 months.
οὗτος μὲν οὖν τὸν προειρημένον τρόπον ἐτελεύτησε βασιλεύσας ἔτη δώδεκα καὶ μῆνας ἑπτά, πράξεις δὲ μεγίστας κατεργασάμενος οὐ μόνον τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ βασιλευσάντων…
Location: 17.117.5
Place: Babylon
Show on the map — open Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander