Chapter IX. In 325 BC, Alexander had only two years left to live. He will pass them between the great capitals of the old Persian Empire, now his own, he who has not given up his great project of marriage between East and West. But on June 3, 323 at the end of a banquet, the darling child of destiny is taken with strong fevers ... A glimpse of the recently asphalted road that goes west towards Iran, through the spectacular mountains of 'Hala, Baluchistan. It is thought that Alexander passed not far from this axis parallel to the coast.