Alexandreia Bucephalus

Location of Bucephala

Alexandria Bucefalos on the Tabula Peutingeriana

Alexandreia Bukephalos , also called Alexandria Bucephalous , Bucephala , Bucephalia or Boos Kephalai , was born around May 326 BC. Founded by the Macedonian king Alexander the great . The city of Jhelam in what is now Pakistan is believed to have been built on its foundations.

He named this city after his faithful warhorse Bucephalus , who lived in 326 BC. Died in the nearby Hydaspes River during the Battle of the Hydaspes at the age of about 30.

The inhabitants of Bucephala and the double foundation Nikaia am Hydaspes were made up of Greek, Macedonian and Iranian veterans and locals. The places had large shipyards, which could mean that they were intended as a trading center.

Web links

Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge : The History of Alexander the Great, being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes . Cambridge 1889, p. 161, Google Books .
Jona Lendering: Alexander's City Foundations (English, Alexanders Stadtgründungen ), Livius.org, 2007. Livius article

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge : The History of Alexander the Great, being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes . Cambridge 1889, p. 161, see web links
^ ^A ^b Jona Lendering: Alexander's City Foundations (English, Alexanders Stadtgründungen ), Livius.org, 2007: “ Nicaea and Bucephala: twin foundation of permanent garrisons on opposite banks of the Hydaspes (Jhelum), founded in May 326 on the battle field . Settled with Greek, Macedonian and Iranian veterans and natives. Modern Jhelum in Pakistan? The towns had large dockyards, which suggests that they were meant as a center commerce. ”(German:“ Nicaea and Bucephala: double foundation of permanent garrisons on opposite banks of the Hydaspes (Jhelum), founded in May 326 BC on the battlefield. Settled by Greek, Macedonian and Iranian veterans and locals. Today's Jhelum in Pakistan ? The places had large shipyards, which suggests that they were intended as a trading center. ")

32.931111111111 73.730833333333Coordinates: 32 ° 56 ' N , 73 ° 44' E

[HAG-1] A ^b Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge : The History of Alexander the Great, being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes . Cambridge 1889, p. 161, see web links

[Liv-2] A ^b Jona Lendering: Alexander's City Foundations (English, Alexanders Stadtgründungen ), Livius.org, 2007: “ Nicaea and Bucephala: twin foundation of permanent garrisons on opposite banks of the Hydaspes (Jhelum), founded in May 326 on the battle field . Settled with Greek, Macedonian and Iranian veterans and natives. Modern Jhelum in Pakistan? The towns had large dockyards, which suggests that they were meant as a center commerce. ”(German:“ Nicaea and Bucephala: double foundation of permanent garrisons on opposite banks of the Hydaspes (Jhelum), founded in May 326 BC on the battlefield. Settled by Greek, Macedonian and Iranian veterans and locals. Today's Jhelum in Pakistan ? The places had large shipyards, which suggests that they were intended as a trading center. ")