Despite the fact that Alexander of Macedonia was believed to be cruel and brutal, I still think that he is well worthy of his title “The Great”. To begin with Alexander the great was highly intelligent, growing up he was taught by Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and scientist. In Mr. Corwin’s video on Alexander, viewers learned one way Alexander Proved his intelligence, it was when tamed a wild horse, he noticing that it was afraid of his own shadow so Alexander moved it carefully away from the sun so the horse couldn't see his shadow anymore and it soon became his favorite stallion. Additionally Alexander was “great” because he ruled by kindness. A few ways he was kind to his empire was that he was very open-minded, he’d listen to and accept