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By Katherine Blocksdorf, About.com Guide to Horses since 2005

Historical Horses: Bucephalus

Monday March 20, 2006
Few of us will be able to name a city after our beloved horses. But that is what Alexander the Great did. Legend has it Alexander was the only person able to subdue and train the spirited animal he named Bucephalus. He held the horse in such high esteem he named a city after it.

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