Alexander IIi : The Great

Alexander the Great is the most famous conqueror in the history of the world. His legacy and conquest has shaped the world we know today. Many leaders after him have looked to him as an example of what a good leader should be. “Alexander the Great’s tomb was one of the biggest tourist attractions of the ancient world. Roman emperors, including Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Caligula traveled to Alexandria to pay their respects.” It all started at the age of 18 when Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry and helped his father in defeating the Athenian and Theban armies. Starting from such a young age Alexander has been already shaping the empire he would create. At the age of twenty he became king, then by the age of twenty-six he conquered the Persian Empire and at age thirty explored the Indian frontier. He was an unstoppable force conquering the world. Alexander the Great is the greatest conqueror of the known world, because of the personal teachings of Aristotle of Stagira, his innovated military genius and multicultural integration methods.

Many of us have studied or learned about roman history and their conquerors. One of many great conquerors in roman history, is Alexander the Great. Alexander was one of the youngest conquerors in history at the age of thirty and he conquered most of the known world. Though many question Alexander and wonder if he really was great, I say that Alexander was one of the most successful conquerors in roman history and he was really a great.

In history Alexander the Great is always one of the topics to learn, and one of the most asked question is what did Alexander do to be so great. Alexander might have been born great to achieve greatness or have greatness thrust upon him and this one of the reasons we still talk about him today. Alexander the Great took the crown at the age of 20. When he was only 13 Alexander tamed a horse that no one else could ride that was named Bucephalus which impressed his father. At the age of 16 he was a horseman and went to war, riding his horse that no one was able to ride on. Alexander the Great was born in Pella (capital of Macedonia) on July 20, 356 B.C and died from a fever in Babylon on June 323 B.C. After the assassination of Philip II in 336 B.C his son Alexander inherited one of the most powerful armies in the world and started an invasion attack in Persia. Alexander defeated his rival King Darius of Persia during the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C completing his father's dream and becoming a great leader. Through his schooling with his tutor Aristotle, Aristotle philosophy helped him achieve invading attacks his father couldn’t accomplish and giving him a chance to “admire and maintain these disparate cultures” (Jarus). Alot was accomplished by Alexander after he had died and for that he was known to be great. Even when he died because of a fever his people wanted to believe it was caused by alcohol poisoning or asassianly-poisoning. He had defeated

In the fourth century BC, rapid cultural, economic, social, and political changes were occurring in the Mediterranean and Asia Minor as a result of the conquests of Alexander the Great. In 337 BC, Alexander the Third inherited the Macedonian kingdom after his father, Philip the Second, died. Philip the Second has already taken control over all of Greece, and Alexander used the manpower and money from this to expand even further, into Persia. Beginning in 334 BC, Alexander started an intense campaign through Persia, concurring city after city. Eventually, Alexander had conquered all of Persia and forced the Persian king Darius the third to the city of Ecbatana, where he was killed. Instead of returning to Greece after his victory over the Persian

Alexander the Great was the King of Macedonia. He is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. He inspired later conquerors such as Hannibal the Carthaginian, the Romans Pompey, Caesar, and Napoleon. Alexander was born in 356 B.C. in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia. He was the son of Phillip II, King of Macedonia, and Olympia’s, the princess of neighboring Epirus. Olympias told Alexander that

Alexander had been taught many things from a very young age such as academic subjects, politics, sports, and warfare which made him think very highly of himself. His father Philip of Macedonia made an extremely strong army and took over many Greek polises and wanted to take over the Persian Empire. This struck Alexander’s aspiration to take over the Persian Empire as well. Alexander then inherited his father’s kingdom at the age of 18 after his father

Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia in the year 356 BCE. Alexander's father King Philip built the Macedonian army into a "deadly fighting machine". Next Philip planned to attack the huge Persian Empire. Philip was assassinated in 336 BCE and at age of 20 Alexander inherited his father's kingdom and set out with the army to conquer Persian. Alexander leads his troops across Central Asia. Is Alexander the Great living up to his name? I will show you why Alexander deserves his name to be great.

At the end of the Peloponnesian War, the Greek city states were initially weakened. The previous leader of the Macedonians, Philip of Macedon, was assassinated resulting in the rule of his son, Alexander. Both of these events led to the expansion of Greece carried out by Alexander the Great. After Alexander’s death in 323 B.C.E., a new age of cultural improvement emerged during the Hellenistic Age; in part because of the conquests of Alexander. This expansion led to the multitude of cultures and races in the new empire of Eurasia.

● He kept moving to Egypt, all the cities would just surrender to his army

Philip II of Macedonia, was murdered by his own bodyguard. After Philip II of Macedonia’s death, Alexander the Great became ruler of the Greek city states what city states, say their names after his father’s death. Alexander came to power in macedonia? in 336 BC, at the age of 19. From a young age he showed his skills of leadership and military (56). Throughout history many have looked up to Alexander the Great for his reputation and their hero figure. From N.G.L. Hammond research, he finds Alexander the Great deserves his reputation. Ian Worthington claims Alexander does not deserve his reputation because he weakened the Macedonian Empire (57). There has been Some debate whether or not Alexander the Great deserves his reputation. So im guessing philip is alexanders father?

Alexander The Great is the son of Philip of Macedon. Who then later became the one in Danial 11:3 " A mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.” Prior to 322 B.C. the Greek state had never achieved a united government, but it was the genius of Philip who brought into existence a “Hellenic League that was made up of all the Greek states

During the times of ancient Greece, perhaps one of the most influential and known powers was Macedonia. Macedonia’s empire existed from the 800s BC to 146 BC and is principally known for the accomplishments of it’s leaders: Phillip II and his son, Alexander the Great. Phillip II worked internally in the regions near Greece strengthening his country, while Alexander operated very far from Greece, conquering much of the known world. Both of these leaders are two very different people, which makes them hard to compare, but a question arises; to what extent was Alexander greater than Phillip II? The purpose of this essay is to examine both leaders’

In 335 Alexander’s sister married the Molossian king, who was also called Alexander. During the festival that followed, King Phillip II was murdered. Alexander was 19 then and he was determined to take over the throne and he did. After his father died Alexander became king and he conquered Persia and Egypt. Alexander the Great United Greece, reestablished the Corinthian League and conquered the Persian Empire. Shortly after King Phillips death Alexander left Macedonia with his armies to put down rebellions in the countries of Illyria, Thrace and Greece, all who had been conquered by King Phillip.

Alexander explains how Philip II tansform Macedonia from being like foragers and creating the people into a civilized community. He stresses that Philip II organized military defenses so that Macedonia kept its land. Alexander emphasies that his father made the Macedonia people from being a barbaric society to being an organized society with a government and military. Alexander then points out that Philip II saved the Macedoina people from becoming the surrounding civilizations slaves and he inturned made them the slave owners of the weaker civilizations.

During Philip's expedition against Byzantium in 340 BC, Alexander, then sixteen years old, was left in charge of Macedonia. He took the throne like he was already king. He subdued the rebellious Maedi, a Thracian tribe. He took their capital city and drove out its inhabitants. He created a colony of several nations in their region. He called the new city Alexandropolis.