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reginae:

who was alexander the great

mcSqueaks:

A man who tried to take over the world. IN fact is the closest to ever conquering the world. He never once lost a battle.

mcSqueaks:

*he was not is!

Echofire:

That is correct. He was also known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia, (born 356 BCE, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13, 323 BCE, Babylon [near Al-Ḥillah, Iraq]), king of Macedonia (336–323 BCE), who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Already in his lifetime the subject of fabulous stories, he later became the hero of a full-scale legend bearing only the sketchiest resemblance to his historical career. Find more fantastic information on Brittanica, my source will be linked below.

Echofire:

Read here for much more! https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-the-Great

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