Alexander The Great: Where Does The Great Come From?

There have been many important leaders in history. Many have done great things and many have done not so great things. One of the most important leaders in history was Alexander the Great. His real name is just Alexander but where does the “Great” come from? There is reason to why Alexander is rather great than not great. Alexander in Thebes was a great leader. He first started by becoming commander-in-chief which was given to him by Macedonian. The Macedonian believed that Alexander would be a great leader just like his father was before him.The Macedonian rightfully gave Alexander to be the leader to secure the groups of Greece. To make sure his troops won in Thebes, he treated his rebels with compassion which made the troops want to overthrow the Thebes. Alexander and his troops easily conquered the Thebes who showed no mercy and ruled the Theban land. Although Alexander overtook Thebes easily, he was harsh enough to sell 20,000 of the citizens that weren’t killed into slavery. He did this because the Thebans at first wanted Alexander’s army to join their side to overthrow the tyrant of Greece. Alexander became

In India, he conquered many territories which made most of the Macedonian forces flee from Alexander. The bad thing about being a hard fighting army is that the army has to constantly be in battle. Alexander’s troops were not happy that they continued fighting and fighting for no purpose. On the way to a new territory, the troops stop Alexander to tell him that they are battling too much and traveling almost everywhere. Alexander was actually nice to his troops and ordered to go back home to his Greek culture where he later died. In conclusion, Alexander was in fact Alexander the Great. There are many empires he took over and he spread a bunch of Greek culture along the way. Alexander did have some time where he wasn’t so great, but he is truly the one and only Alexander the