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Alexander the GreatvisitedRoyal Palace of Babylon
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Alexander the Great held a famous drinking contest at the royal palace in Babylon to honor the Indian sage Calanus. Competitors drank wine at this venue, with the winner consuming twelve liters of unmixed wine. Multiple participants died immediately after leaving the event, including 35 drinkers who caught a cold upon exiting the building, and six others died within days.
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Alexander the Great held a drinking contest in the royal palace at Babylon to honor Calanus, per Livius.org.
“To honor Calanus, funeral games were organized, and among these was a drinking contest in the royal palace. There were huge money prizes to be won, but of the drinkers, thirty-five died immediately after the match when they left the building and caught a cold.”