Alexander The Great Research Paper

Alexander the Great Alexander, who had not been named “the Great” till later on in his life, was considered to be one of the greatest kinds of ancient Macedonia. He was born in July of 356 B.C. to Philip II and Philip’s third wife named Olympias. When Alexander turned thirteen years old, he was sent to study with Aristotle which led Alexander to believing that Greeks were raised in slave society. From being taught that Greeks were born to be slaves, this led Alexander to conquest (Freeman). Once Alexander returned to Macedonia after the teaching of Aristoles, he contributed to Philip II’s battles so he could showcase his strength. His father had won the battles over Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea. Shortly after Philip II’s victory, he divorced his wife, Olympias to marry Cleopatra. This created altercations and many problems between the father and son, which never reached full trust in one another. Later on, Philip II was assassinated by one of his guards; however, it is thought that Alexander and

In order to claim and conquer his position towards the Greek city-states, he completely destroyed Thebes which resulted in a riot of angry citizens towards Alexander. One of the main concerns on Alexander’s mind was to conquer Persia (Freeman). He defeated and conquered many territories before he was able to reach the Great King of Persia, Darius, whom was murdered later on. In the two battles at Issus and Gaugamela, Alexander and his men remained victorious while he also was able to conquer Babylon, Egypt and Phoenicia. Alexander was not finished yet, he wanted him and his men to take over more territory. He defeated Spitamenes and the army who flourished there and also the Paraetacene territory. In the Paraetacene territory, some of the cities decided to break apart and contribute to the Greek