Why Was Alexander The Great Successful

Autumn Chandler Ancient. Medieval & Western Civilization Alexander the Great The Hellenistic period marked the transformation of Greek, but it wasn’t until centuries after the death of Alexander the Great passed away, that the period was known as the Hellenistic Age. During this time the Greeks influenced many countries. Philip of Macedon created a league called Corinthian League, which was designed to make the Greek people think they were going to avenge Xerxes’ invasion1. The opportunity for revolt didn’t happen until the assassination of Philip. This is when Alexander III of Macedon, known to us as Alexander the Great, stepped in and assumed the throne. Alexander was only twenty at the time. Although he was young he was well trained.
After the assassination of Philip, the Greeks lead a revolt. When Alexander showed up at their gates, they surrendered. The second revolt was placed after a rumor of Alexander’s death which resulted in the destruction of Thebes. Alexander had planned to pursue his father’s plans of conquering Persia. And that is what he did. Eleven years later, he conquered an amazing campaign in history. His army had marched over 21,000 miles. He conquered Bacteria which was something not even the Soviet forces could do, even with their advanced weapons in 1980. Alexander was known to always come up with genius and unexpected solutions to their problems. One of the reasons Alexander was so successful was because of his charismatic personality. He knew his troops by their names and also joined them in the dangers and victories of battle. If there was a mutiny then he could give a speech and silence it. He would also shame his troops by leading an assault alone. In the end, ironically, the one and only army that could stop him was his own. They were tired from the years of marching and wanted to return home2. Soon after returning home, Alexander died from a fever3. Aside from Alexander’s personality, there were many other factors that
The wife gave birth to a son, Alexander IV. Both the brother and the son were incapable for ruling, which meant the job was left to Alexander’s generals. Alexander’s empire was so big, it was split into three kingdoms: Antigonid Macedon, Sleucid Asia and Ptolemaic Egypt. Macedon was ruled by the Antigonid dynasty. It was during this time that Greece saw a power struggle between Macedon and cities such as Athens and Sparta. It was because of all the fighting that Rome was able to come and establish peace throughout their conquest of Greece. The Sleucid was under the rule of the Seleucid dynasty. They did whatever that had too, to attract Greek and Macedonian citizens to settle in their cities. It was around this area that cities laid untouched by the Greek influence. Soon after the founding of the Seleucid dynasty, the empire started to crumble. In return for 500 war elephants, Seleucus gave Chandragupta his Indian lands. Soon all that was left was Syria, Palestine and the Asian heartland. There was a tribe called the Parthians. They invaded from the north and slowly started chipping away at the lands until the only land was around the city of Antioch. Finally, Roman general Pompey stepped in and ended the attacks and replaced the Greek rule with Rome. The third kingdom was the longest lasting and most successful one of all. Ptolemy knew that it was impossible to hold all of the empires