At the young age of twenty years old, Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia. In several ways, he was prepared to rule by his father, who took his son with him on several military campaigns and gave him control of the cavalry at the significant battle of Chaeronea. "After his father's assass...

Alexander The Great was one of the greatest emperors and leaders of the world. In fact, he was the only emperor to be called, "The Great." He had studied under a great Greek Philosopher, Aristotle, who taught Alexander literature, science, medicine, philosophy and to speak and write well. Alexander ...

Alexander The Great One of the greatest military geniuses of all time: Alexander the Great was born in Pella. He was king of the Macedonians and son of Philip II. He conquered the Persian Empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India and constituted much of what was then regarded th...

Alexander the Great was chivalrous but was vindictive. He killed thousands, maybe millions while leading his men through the hardest of situations. He was a man who let no resistance go unpunished. On one hand, Alexander was a man who brought great destruction, while he set free great social and cul...

Who is "Great"? In history there are few people who can be termed "Great" and even fewer who deserve to be called so. Alexander, the son of King Phillip of the Macedonians, was one of these truly "Great" people. He not merely ruled the largest know empire, was declared ...

For the Greeks, humanity was what mattered, and humans were, in the words of the philosopher Protagoras, "the measure of all things." The humanistic world view led the Greeks to create the concept of democracy (rule by the demos, the people) and to make seminal contributions in the fields of art, ...

One of the greatest conquerors of all time is Alexander the Great of Macedonia. He was born in the year 356, in Pella, the ancient capital city of Macedonia. His father was Philip, the king of Macedonia, and his mother was Olympias, the princess of Epirus. His father, Philip, saw potential in A...