Alexander the Great
The death of Alexander the Great is still shrouded in mystery to this day. Many historians have made attempts to explain exactly what had happened, but have come to many contrasting conclusions. The undoubted is that Alexander was poisoned, but we do not exactly know why. The most justifiable and believable reasoning for the cause and the events leading up to the death of Alexander the Great are noted to be the murder of his father, his extreme craving for power, and the warning from his tutor and great philosophical teacher Aristotle. Alexander's parents wanted the best for their son, so they haired the finest tutors. When Alexander was thirteen, he started learning from Aristotle. Aristotle taught him ways of the Greeks, philosophy, politics, plants and animals. The most important lesson that Aristotle taught Alexander was about the 'Golden Mean'. At the age of thirteen Aristotle saw the power
From the events of his tutor's neglected knowledge, the death of his father and his power craving ambition have all led to the downfall of Alexander the Great. While under the frustration of losing power, he brutally murdered his trusted friend, Clitus. , Olympius, the wife of King Philip the Second of Macedonia, gave birth to a son, and named him Alexander. Alexander rose to power rather quickly at the early age of sixteen. The Macedonian King did this for the pain he felt for his fathers' death. At this point he had lost all trust from his tired troops. Alexander was reluctant to grasp this concept, and had his mind set on gaining power through conquest. He continued his conquers through eastern Persia. He defeated Darius, the Persian Empire, who has been a threat to the Greeks for over 200 years. As we can see, these events all lead up to the death of Alexander. Within the first year alone that he came into power he controlled the Greek cities of western Turkey, and pressed east to Gordium. These are the undoubted reasons for such a young healthy King to die. Alexander respected his father greatly, and idolized his position of power. When Alexander succeeded to the throne of Macedon, he inherited a kingdom which had just come to dominate the affairs of mainland Greece.
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