Alexander the Great Why Alexander Was Truly

Alexander the Great Why Alexander was truly 'great' Dictionaries have since provided evidence as valued source for definition of the word great, it therefore defined great as getting powerful, superior or character in terms of quality, eminent as well as noble. It is true to say that Alexander was powerful as well as very eminent not failing to mention the large empire he managed to build. As the saying goes that every all that glitters is not gold so was Alexander.

Despite the fact that Alexander managed to achieve all that he did he could not be fit the definition of the word Great on the grounds of humanity. I do not think that a great person can always be pushing his people into situations (war) for his personal ambitions and gain. For the reasons of bad a temper, I don't think one who is known to be great should mastermind the killing of tens of thousands of his people.

Neither do I think that great people should take away their friend's lives for a reason or another. If this truly befits the definition of the word great, then without any doubt Alexander was great. Going back to the dictionary description of the word great, it is beyond no reasonable doubt that Alexander never befitted the definition of the word great; instead he was a ruthless greedy fellow who was determined to nourish his desires to develop into more powerful man.

Truly in his times he was among the powerful men of all times but at the expense of his own people. They say that responsibility accompanies power everywhere but for Alexander, he did neglected responsibility and instead of taking good care of his empire, he opted for continuous wars outside his empire for the purpose of enlarging it. According to A.B. Bosworth (1986), Alexander became the greatest conqueror in just thirteen years as he managed to gather together the leading empire in the whole prehistoric world.

The empire that Alexander managed to put together could cover as wide as 3,000 miles. It is proper to note that he did all this minus the assistance of the modern technology as well as weaponry. During this period, troops primarily moved on foot and their communication was purely face-to-face. To say the truth, this was never a bad one for a young man who assumed the kingship of Macedon at just the age of twenty year.

The legacy of Alexander's is in cooperation wide ranging and profound, for first, it was his father who managed to bring together the Greek city states and the Son (Alexander) also managed to bring down the Persian Empire completely. But more outstandingly, Alexander's invasion extended the Greek culture which is also recognized as Hellenism throughout his empire. Alexander's error also turned out to be the beginning of the reign call Hellenistic period which came about as a result of the powerful influence that Greek culture imposes on his people.

(N.G.L. Hammond, 1993) Conclusion Alexander really wanted Asia to boarder India on the other side and with the zeal to take over the continent; he persuaded his troops to head east where the Indian king Porus as well as his elephants turned out to be Alexander's victims, on the other hand, the climate condition as well as the mountains cleared out his men. Shortly it turned out that the continent became larger.