Afterwards, Alexander travelled to Ecbatana to retrieve the majority in the Persian treasure. There, his closest friend, Hephaestion, died of disease or poisoning.[152] Hephaestion's death devastated Alexander and he requested the preparation of an expensive funeral pyre in Babylon in addition to a decree for general public mourning. Apelles, having https://heinzk383qbm0.myparisblog.com/profile