Alexander The Great Personality
Alexander The Great
Personal Characteristics: Alexander the Great believed that it was his destiny to rule and unite the known world. Alexander the Greats mother had high hopes for her son and encouraged him to seek out and become great. Alexander the Greats most influential role model was his father who Alexander tried to outdo every time, this eventually lead to his reckless personality and brash behavior. Alexander the Great had a taste for wine and woman, he is considered bisexual and at banquets he would drink until he was drunk. Alexander believed that he could unite the whole world under one empire which would lead to peace and harmony.
Reputation: Alexander the Great was adored by his men and had their undivided loyalty throughout his campaign. At the age of 16 he was left to rule his father’s kingdom while Philip was away on his conquests, while ruling he crushed a uprising in Thrace and at age 18 Philip the Great left …show more content…
To set an example and to get revenge for the imprisonment of his father Alexander completely razed the Greek city of Thebes, killing most of the population including woman and children. Alexander’s next target was the Persian Empire who his father could never conquer. Alexander destroyed the city of Tyre, pushed through Palestine, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan and finally conquered Egypt where he was titled god-king. Alexander’s final and hardest battles took place in India. The Indian Empire proved a very formidable enemy, instead of horses they used elephants which made it difficult for Alexander’s horse-mounted cavalry to defeat due to the size differences of the two animals. In the end Alexander’s conquest of India ended in defeat although he managed to take some cities he never was able to conquer the Indian
Personal Characteristics: Alexander the Great believed that it was his destiny to rule and unite the known world. Alexander the Greats mother had high hopes for her son and encouraged him to seek out and become great. Alexander the Greats most influential role model was his father who Alexander tried to outdo every time, this eventually lead to his reckless personality and brash behavior. Alexander the Great had a taste for wine and woman, he is considered bisexual and at banquets he would drink until he was drunk. Alexander believed that he could unite the whole world under one empire which would lead to peace and harmony.
Reputation: Alexander the Great was adored by his men and had their undivided loyalty throughout his campaign. At the age of 16 he was left to rule his father’s kingdom while Philip was away on his conquests, while ruling he crushed a uprising in Thrace and at age 18 Philip the Great left …show more content…
To set an example and to get revenge for the imprisonment of his father Alexander completely razed the Greek city of Thebes, killing most of the population including woman and children. Alexander’s next target was the Persian Empire who his father could never conquer. Alexander destroyed the city of Tyre, pushed through Palestine, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan and finally conquered Egypt where he was titled god-king. Alexander’s final and hardest battles took place in India. The Indian Empire proved a very formidable enemy, instead of horses they used elephants which made it difficult for Alexander’s horse-mounted cavalry to defeat due to the size differences of the two animals. In the end Alexander’s conquest of India ended in defeat although he managed to take some cities he never was able to conquer the Indian