As any ninth grader who’s slogged through Julius Caesar can tell you, Shakespeare borrowed some of his plots from history. But at least two of Shakespeare’s plays were probably inspired by current events from his own day.
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When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BC, his body was said to have been preserved in a coffin filled with honey for the long trip back. (He was buried not in Macedonia but in Alexandria.)