Alexander The Great Research Paper

The first Dictator that I will be talking about is Alexander the Great; He was born in July 356 BC. He grew up to be the king of ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon he was just twenty years old when he became king and had many ambitions to accomplish as a king and a military commander, he built one of the largest empires of the ancient world, the empire was from Greece to northwestern India. The period when he ruled is termed the Hellenistic age and it was the time when the Greeks saw unification and expansion on a massive scale, and in this time of period, it was the time for Greeks progression in life and probably was the only time, which was orchestrated by a single ruler. His impact on the history of the world has few parallels more than the

Alexander the Great wanted to be a human and divine he wanted to have a supreme power over other human beings. He conquered most of the countries in the age of twenty-five without losing a single battle. His death is a mystery until now because some people say he died from illness and some people say that his own people murdered him because he was changing in terms of his cultural ways and switching to the Persian culture and the way of living. He died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, in Babylon, at age thirty-two, there was two theories of who will rule after him, the first was that his companions asked him in his dying bed who will rule after you since he has no heir to the throne he said to them:“tôi Kraterôi” which means “To the strongest”. The second theory is that his successors wrongly misheard “tôi Kraterôi” “to Craterus”, the general leading his Macedonian troops home and newly entrusted with the regency of Macedonia. After Alexander the great’s death, his kingdom was falling and no one could ever have the same power of Alexander nor be like him in terms of military power and in terms of

He paved for the end of a republic and the beginning of an Empire, his journey from his native Troy to Italy is told in the Aeneid by Virgil one of great works of Roman Literature. When his father died suddenly in 55 BC, he was forced to go into hiding in order to save himself from the new emperor Sulla. Therefore, he joined the army and there was no looking back, he began his military career with the siege of Mytilene. Julius Caesar was always a brave soldier and recognized for his work. Pirates on a ship in the Aegean Sea captured him once and he told them that the ransom they demanded was not good enough and that he would crucify them and he was free, Julius Caesar true to his words he gathered the fleet and crucified them. The death of Sulla gave Julius Caesar the liberty of entering Rome again, there he lived the life of an ordinary citizen and earned his living as a lawyer. He was highly successful and soon he was in fame again. He was sent to Spain as governor and that made him feel unworthy as he that Alexander the Great had ruled at the same age. Julius Caesar looked out for rich people who fan and finance his ambitions; he was deeply in debt and that for the driving