Alexander's Early Life

Alexander the Great was a military mastermind he changed and defined how wars were fought and won. He was a great war general and the King of Macedonia, who conquered an empire that stretched from Balkans to modern day Pakistan. One of his most amazing achievements was that in his 13 years of conquest Alexander the Great never lost a battle. In the moment of his father's death, Alexander, then 19, was determined to seize the throne by any means necessary. The cause of Alexander’s death still remains one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world. Alexander the Great was one of the most influential people of his time.

After Alexander the Great’s father was killed, Alexander was forced to assume his role as king of Macedonia. Enemies of his empire thought this would be a perfect time to strike the Macedonian Empire but Alexander was prepared, taught by great military minds he was able to create one of the largest empires of the ancient world.

Alexander the Great had an amazing political and military mind. With the tutelage of his father, Philip II, and a great education, he became one of the best leaders of all time. And even as a boy, many knew Alexander’s destiny was to rule.

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

The story of Alexander the Great begins, as one might expect, with his father. Alexander was the son of Philip II, King of Macedonia, who had already made a name for himself. Philip became king to a land surrounded by foes on every side in 359 B.C., but by 356 B.C. he had squashed most of them and built the strongest army in the world (Savill 4). His father was an accomplished ruler who was not willing to sit by and let his land be beset by those who would see it harm. Philip used his army to expand his territory into Greece, first by subduing the northern regions, which included the Athenian port of Amphipolis. He then set his eyes to Athens and Thebes, defeating them at the battle of Chaeronea (Stoneman 18). This battle would be described as some as the end of Greek freedom. After the battle, Philip created the League of Corinth, a treaty of sorts, that basically said Greece was under Philip’s control. Philip had conquered Greece, and he now set his eyes on Persia. He would not make any progress towards his conquest, as he was assassinated in 336 B.C. by one of his bodyguards. Some would argue that Alexander may have had a part in his assassination

Through many history books and writings, many historians write about Phillip III, or most commonly known as Alexander the Great. Maybe because of how successful he was or maybe just because of how he had such a major impact in history. They tend to focus on the advantages he created, and the success Alexander the Great had as a leader not just in the military aspect of his reign, but also as a leader in the political side. The history shows the impacts and changes brought from the military, from which Alexander the Great lead, and the spreading of Greek culture he influenced through the areas he conquered. As Alexander the Great dedicated his life to further advancing his power, the world would never be same at the time for surrounding villages and empires that tried to defend their land against Alexander the Great with his army and allies.

When Alexander's father Philip II of Macedonia was young he was held hostage in Thebes. While he was there he received a military and diplomatic education. When he was old enough, he returned to Macedonia then a few years later his oldest brother died and when he did Philip took the throne. With his education and experience Philip brought Macedonia victory. Philip turned

After Alexander’s father Philip II died, there was not someone better than Alexander the Great to take the throne. Unfortunately, many of the Greek cities thought he was too young and inexperienced to be able to handle the throne and do a proper job like his father. People doubts and reluctant to accept him as their rightful King did not discourage him, to prove no man can do a better job than him and put people doubts at ease, Alexander the Great attacked the ancient city of Thebes. He did this to instilled fear, in people and make them change their minds of doubting him and obeyed

Alexander had no choice but to retract. He turned back and started consolidating his empire, but on his way home died from a disease. Alexander brought the Greek culture throughout his empire, without Alexander's ambition, Greek ideas and culture might have never spread out of Greece. But despite of Alexander accomplishments, that demonstrated his intelligence and leader skills, he also had a darker side.

Finally, in the book The Classical World: an Epic History of Greece and Rome Alexander’s motives that shaped his remarkable life are described by Robin Lane Fox. He became a Macedonian king who was raised to become a king, his role model Achilles that pushed Alexander to succeed, and the bad relationship with his father that made him want to do better. Alexander the Great inspires others to be superior through the challenges that

Alexander was made by his father to study the Greek culture from a very young age. Phillip II his father was

At the age of 16, finishing his academic skills from Aristotle, Alexander joined his father’s army and soon shown his great tactics and at age 18 Alexander showed his leadership role as a Companion Cavalry. After the death of Philip, Alexander

​Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, ruler of the Persian Empire and one of the best military intelligence of all times, he has many books written about his achievements. This paper goes into detail about Alexander’s early life, to impressive battles, to his humble personality. In this paper, I will be talking about how Alexander came to be king of Macedonia, his invasion to unite Asia, and his mental insanity that drove him to die a lonely death.

Alexander the Great was born to King Philip II, around 356 B.C. in Macedonia. Alexander witnessed his father rule Macedonia as the king and having had one of the greatest philosophers at the time, Aristotle as his teacher it’s no surprise that Alexander from a very early age showed characteristics of a leader. When Alexander managed to tame the horse, Bucephalus his father pointed out even as a child his ambition is far too great, “My son, seek thee out a kingdom equal to thyself; Macedonia has not room for thee” (Plutarch 317). Alexander didn’t experience struggles or opposition when he rose to power, in fact he had inherited his position when his father was assassinated. However, there is no concrete evidence whether Alexander the great had anything to do with the death of his father.

Proving Philip’s rule was significant; upon his death the Greek cities and Thessaly seized the chance to try to free themselves from Macedonian rule. This made it very hard for Alexander to take hold as ruler, however, he used this as an advantage to seize the throne and enforce himself as the ruler of the people (Williams, 1994). Evidence suggests that Philip was not sufficiently recognised as an influential figure, ‘Philip has always been overshadowed by his famous son,