The Rise of Alexander the Great - Peace Offer

of the commander of Macedon in the Persian Theater of Operation. Here, and here, the Tigris River, we will still know whether the war between Greece and Persia is to be ended by an negotiated peace.

For the meeting that Emperor Darius of Persia asked for yesterday is about to take place. The Emperor's Ambassador, Prince Maniscus, has left the enemy line two miles away, to derive here shortly. And if Alexander accepts the terms he offers, this Greek invasion of Persia will be over.

As Alexander rejects those terms, he must earn his tiny Hellenic army against the overwhelming hosts of Persia in a final decisive battle for the mass pre-emakers. The fate of Greece and the destiny of the imperial Persian government thus hang on the outcome of today's meeting here in the hills above the Tigris River.

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CBS takes you back more than two thousand years to a great decision in the history of the world. All things are as they were then, except for one thing. When CBS is there, you are there.

You are there. Produced and directed by Robert Louis Cheon is based on authentic historical fact and quotation. Today's broadcast is part one of a trilogy. Alexander the Great seeks mastery of the world. And now, Emperor Darius, or he will engage the Persian monarch Qjami in a death struggle to decide whether grief or treasure is to be mistrous of Asia.