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The Footnote July 25, 2026 · Temple of Artemis, Ephesus

Herostratus, Who Burned the Temple of Artemis in 356 BC So That His Name Would Be Remembered

On a July night in 356 BC a man named Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus — one of the Seven Wonders — and confessed under torture that he had done it purely to make his name immortal. The Ephesians executed him and made speaking his name a capital offence. It didn't work: one historian wrote it down, and the arsonist got exactly what he wanted.

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The Cabinet June 27, 2026 · Gaugamela, northern Iraq

The Battle East of the Tigris on 1 October 331 BCE That Ended the Persian Empire When Alexander the Great Defeated Darius III

Alexander the Great's Macedonian army of approximately 47,000 defeated Darius III's Persian army of approximately 100,000 east of the Tigris river on 1 October 331 BCE. Darius fled the field. The Persian Empire that had existed for two centuries collapsed within months. Darius was murdered by his own satrap nine months later. Alexander died of fever at Babylon four years after that.

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