From the coast of Syria across the Iranian Steppe through the Zagros Mountains and finally into Media, Alexander battled and hunted his fabled arch-nemesis, Darius III, king and ruler of Persia.
Darius charged battlefields riding a golden chariot fitted with scythe-like knives protruding from its wheels, while wielding a sword of rare and extraordinary opulence.
Though it pre-dates by centuries the ornate styling of French Baroque, the hilt on Darius
