Alexander The Great Research Paper

Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia. Under his father’s rule, he grew up a privileged child and was taught many skills. He was the son of King Phillip II and Queen Olympia. He did not have any brothers, only a sister which meant he was the only child to inherit the throne. When he did become the king of Macedonia everyone rallied to his side including the Thracian states in Greece. Once united they would go on to rule more than just southern Europe but would dominate the Persian Empire and go into southern Asia/India. Alexander the Great was the conqueror and king of Macedonia. He was born on July 20th 356 BC in the city of Pella. He was raised in the royal court where he spent his time engaged in military education and philosophy.

After Alexander conquered the Persians, he began to dress like them and his soldiers hated him for it. Alexander was willing to push the boundaries of what the Greeks thought was normal. This showed that Alexander believed that his own way was not always the best way. Since he was able to adapt to different cultures, it made learning about those people and their culture a lot easier and more effective. Over the course of time Alexander got married. He married a non-Greek woman by the name of Roxanne. His men thought that this was wrong and they did not agree with his decision. Alexander didn’t take her as a wife just for political reasons but because he truly loved her. His men did not see it that way, and being the leader that he was, he took the harsh remarks by his men and over time they dissipated and things were back to normal. This just shows that Alexander was not close minded nor was he a

Alexander moved on from Persia and went on to move into Asia. He wanted to move into Asia because no one had explored those parts before. Alexander was a conqueror and a leader so he wanted to take as much land as possible. He set his sight on India. Alexander moved his military convoy to the northern passes of India. He knew there was going to be fierce resistance so he split his main force into two large battalions (phalanxes). His general took the southern route and he took the northern so that they could engulf their enemy in the middle. The result of the battle was that Alexander’s forces completely decimated the opposition and took India for themselves. Alexander remained in India for a long time and his men started to have ideas about returning home and they didn’t want to continue any further. They were far from home, their supply lines were very thin, and the men lacked a reason to fight. When Alexander fought the Persians his men were behind him because they hated the Persians and loved their leader. Now they couldn’t tell their leader apart from their enemy as he assimilated so well with the foreign cultures. Alexander the Great is regarded as one of the most brilliant military minds ever, and his tactics are still looked back on today. His siege warfare was revolutionary and his battle lines with cavalry and auxiliary proved to be undefeatable. Conquering the largest amount