Alexander the Great

ALEXANDER THE GREAT ALEXANDROS PHILIPPOU MAKEDONON (356-323 BC). More than any other world conqueror, Alexander III of Macedon, or ancient Macedonia, deserves to be called the Great. Although he died before the age of 33, he conquered almost all the then known world and gave a new direction to history. Alexander was born in 356 BC at Pella, the capital of Macedon, a kingdom north of Hellas (Greece). Under his father, Philip II, Macedon had become strong …

…that his line of march had created. Some historians believe Alexander the Great to have been a bloodthirsty tyrant whose depredations only ended when his army rebelled; others consider him to have been an apostle of peace, driven by dreams of universal brotherhood. Even today, more than 2,300 years after his death, the memory of Alexander the Great, one of the most brilliant leaders of all time, lives on. And that is what makes him interesting.