I will say king since Alexander wont be great without the Kingship
Something about Alexander III of Macedonia (The Great)
Is it true that because of him the world became a better place to live? If yes was He that Wise to plan it?
Or he was Young and Selfish at the same time he was Brave and Ambitious and wanted to achieve a lot for his name Not for Macedonia or anything or anybody else.
As I see it his biggest achievements was to defeat the Persians and to respect their royal family and their founders tomb ( Cyrus) and adapting some of their traditions so he can trust their side and get their loyality.
But the next five years of wondering in the desert and between the mountains pulling 100 000+ behind him to make cities to worship him and to reach as far as he can in the east...just selfishness
just a stupid and bad idea ( all that could be done while he is in his new capital Babylon and his Loyal Generals will secure the ex. Persian empire)
since his empire didnt become a lot biggier than the Persian empire ( just the last tip in India which was the addition and it was small and didnt serve him or his empire just made some allies which could be done without the wars and what happened.
Since the Indians were not planning to go more than India they will accept a peace treaty without problems.
After making his capital he could combine the Greek and the Persians by making all happy so he will get all to be loyal to him by getting married to the Persian princess and bringing his crazy mother to Babylon just to keep her away from people who hate her.
My conclusion is he was the Kings son so he will get the proper training and the best education from the smartest people and people will be loyal to him ( naturally) after Philips assassination Alexander found himself
- a king ( thanks to Philips generals and his mother)
- with a strong united army ( thanks to his father)
- after securing Greece and destroying some cities he got a self confidence ( thanks to his mother and his wise advisor Aristotle )
- defeated the Persians who werent ready for wars ( they were looking for peace agreements which the young and exited Alexander refused) normal for ambitious kings when there is gold and money forward.
- the rest was just a result of his self confidence and his early victories which gave the young king an idea that he can do whatever he wants
any way if you look through history you will know kings are not super genius they are just Kings who have Powers and some people loyal to them and whatever stupid mistakes they make it will be covered as long as there is money and men to die.
Edited by azimuth