Alexander The Great Summary

Alexander the Great

By, Aristotle

People of many Alexandra’s and Bucephala, we gather here today to mourn the loss of our King, Alexander the great! As his tutor I knew he was destined for greatness even as a child. At the ripe age of thirteen he tamed the untameable horse Bucephalus by figuring out it was afraid of its own shadow. In July of 356 BCE Alexander III of Macedon was born into a world that had no idea that he was going to change everything. His father, King Philip II of Macedon fueled Alexander's interest of warfare and his mother, Olympias, fueled his love of learning. When he was young he was taught to fight, ride, read, write, and play the lyre.

Alexander became king at the age of 20, after King Philip was murdered by his

He came at the Persian Empire that had three times the amount of soldiers then we did, yet alexander pushed for success and success is what he got! Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, when Darius III was killed by Bessus in the spring of 330 BCE, Alexander hunted Bessus down and killed him instead. He led his army to victory across the Persian territories of Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt without defeat. By the time he was 25, he had already been named Pharaoh of Egypt and Great King of Persia. During the next eight years, Alexander created an empire that stretched across three continents and he founded more than 70 cities, many of them named Alexandria as you all

It may have been a marriage of love but more likely a political alliance like King Philip had done various occasions. He was uniting the two cultures, Greek and Persian. Alexander insisted to some of you that you should take Persian wives. Trust me, I know many of you were bitter about that. We do know that she was pregnant at the time of his death. She now awaits the birth of their son, the future Alexander IV, along with Alexander’s mother Olympias.

Within Alexander’s short lived rule, he had established the largest empire the world has ever seen. Alexander may have called himself the son of Zeus but not even he could escape death. He died June 323 BCE at the age of 32 from a fever, but don’t trust me, I’ve heard rumor he was really poisoned!

He will be known as the great both for his military genius and his diplomatic skills in the years to come. Alexander is truly great because he is an event-making man. He may have been in line to become king, but he is a man who didn’t become great because he was in the right place at the right time, but because led armies into battle. By conquering a lot of land and having his record of never having lost a