ALEXANDER THE GREAT

ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-23 BC) ALEXENDAR WAS BORN IN 356 BC , THE SON OF PHILIP 11 . HIS UPBRINING WAS INFLUENCED BY THE PHILOSPHER ARISTOTLE ,WHO TAUGHT HIM THAT EARTH WAS ROUND AND THAT THE WORLD THE GREEKS WAS BOUNDED BY AGREAT SEA CALLED OCEAN , INSPIRED IN HIM SCIENCETIFIC MATTERS AND MEDICINEAS WELL PHILOSPHY. WHEN PHILIP WAS ASSASSINATED IN 336BC , THE ARMY GAVE ALEXANDER ITS SUPPORT AND SUCCEEDED UNOPPOSED. TO SECURE HISTHRONE HE IMMEDIATELY HAD ALL POSSIBLE PRETENDERS PUT TO DEATH. WHEN THE ONLY REMANING OBTACLEWAS HIS MOTHER ,OLYMPIAS HE MANAGED TO ARRANGE FOR HER PERMANENT RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS. AT THE AGE OF 20 HE WAS POWERFULL AND ALONE.ONCE FREE TO DEAL WITH HIS INHERITANCE , HE SET OUT TO BIND TOGETHER A FEDERATION OF GREEKS STATES UNDER MACEDONIAN CONTROL ,SUBDUING REVOLT WITH GREAT SEVERITY. THIS DONE , HE SET OUT TO REALIZE AN AMBITION WHICH HIS FATHERHAS BEFORE TO DEFEAT PERSIAN EMPIRE.& CONQUER HIS VAST EMPIRE.