If you lived during the time of Alexander, would you have been a follower and supporter of Alexander? Or would you be against him, given the brutal warfare he inflicted on countries which stood in his way, with its heavy death and destruction. Was Alexander more than simply a “killer of men,” as he was described? How might you have advised Alexander to alter his policies if you were a consultant to him.
Self-described Son of Zeus, true son of Phillip and Olympia, Alexander of Macedonia was both myth and legend as he spread the creed of Hellenism throughout the ancient world. Educated by his personal tutor, Aristotle, Alexander perceived himself as rightly belonging to the promoters of the Greek idea. Wedding youth, indefatigable ambition and military genius, Alexander led an unbeatable Macedonian fighting machine which carved out a vast Empire infused with Hellenistic ideals. Upon his death at age 33, millions of subjects of the formerly mighty Persian Empire fused their own unique Asian culture with Alexander’s notion of a new world order.
If you lived during the time of Alexander, would you have been a follower and supporter of Alexander? Or would you be against him, given the brutal warfare he inflicted on countries which stood in his way, with its heavy death and destruction. Was Alexander more than simply a “killer of men,” as he was described? How might you have advised Alexander to alter his policies if you were a consultant to him. BE SPECIFIC.
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