How Great Is Alexander The Great?
Alexander the Great was born in Pella, the son of Philip II and Olympias. Even at a young age, people respected his abilities, like the taming of Bucephalus and his activities as regent. Despite these tales, I assert that he was in fact quit unfair, proud, and neglected to listen to any outside governments and the desire of their people. Alexander the “Great” should not be called great because of these and more.
The first vestige of my case is his injustices and unfairness against others. In the perception of Diodorus, he writes “He was very hostile to the local people and did not trust them, and wished to destroy Persepolis utterly…”. As we can see, it very plainly states that he was hostile to natives for seemingly no reason. Hostility to …show more content…
In order to prove this, let’s see what Diodorus said: “Not long before his death Alexander decided to bring back all the exiles in the Greek cities, partly to increase his own glory and partly to have in each city many personal supporters to counteract the risk of revolution and revolt among the Greeks.”. What modest man makes a political decision not for the benefit of his people, but instead of himself? Alexander was boastful, seeking any chance of glorification. An anonymous man of this time period stated as such: “…Alexander boasted that he had won his victories for himself alone, and became the more cruel to his friends as his success increased…”. Clearly Alexander was boastful and took all credit of his armies, like that one person in a group project who did nothing but got an A. Michael Wood, an archaeologist and Egyptologist wrote “During his conquest, Alexander founded nearly 30 cities named Alexandria in his honor… Alexandria, Egypt, one of the many towns that Alexander founded and named after himself…”. A modest person, no, a slightly vain and proud king would not do something like that. It’s one thing to name one city after yourself, but thirty is where I draw the line. A humble ruler would not name 30 cities to his own name, not boast the victory of his
The first vestige of my case is his injustices and unfairness against others. In the perception of Diodorus, he writes “He was very hostile to the local people and did not trust them, and wished to destroy Persepolis utterly…”. As we can see, it very plainly states that he was hostile to natives for seemingly no reason. Hostility to …show more content…
In order to prove this, let’s see what Diodorus said: “Not long before his death Alexander decided to bring back all the exiles in the Greek cities, partly to increase his own glory and partly to have in each city many personal supporters to counteract the risk of revolution and revolt among the Greeks.”. What modest man makes a political decision not for the benefit of his people, but instead of himself? Alexander was boastful, seeking any chance of glorification. An anonymous man of this time period stated as such: “…Alexander boasted that he had won his victories for himself alone, and became the more cruel to his friends as his success increased…”. Clearly Alexander was boastful and took all credit of his armies, like that one person in a group project who did nothing but got an A. Michael Wood, an archaeologist and Egyptologist wrote “During his conquest, Alexander founded nearly 30 cities named Alexandria in his honor… Alexandria, Egypt, one of the many towns that Alexander founded and named after himself…”. A modest person, no, a slightly vain and proud king would not do something like that. It’s one thing to name one city after yourself, but thirty is where I draw the line. A humble ruler would not name 30 cities to his own name, not boast the victory of his