to take the road east to Katmandu in search of a spiritual holy grail—founded this town in Afghanistan and gave it his name. What was a Western Greek doing so far from home? He was setting up what would become the Greco-Roman Empire, which stretched from western Macedonia to Hindu India. Alexander’s Ragged Band The Roman Beast seemed tame enough when it was defined as Alexander’s dream of taking Western culture to the whole world. In just eleven years, this brilliant young soldier/statesman defeated