Alexander the Great suffered from muscular torticollis

Alexander the Great kept his head always tilted to the right side, as attested by the writings of Plutarch and several ancient statues. Modern doctors having analyzed his busts and statuettes discovered in 1977 in Vergina concluded to a physical pathology. This problem corresponded to a shortening of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, possibly caused by hereditary muscular torticollis.