Was Alexander the great really great or not??

Answer 1

He is definitely the greatest hero for the Greeks!
He was the first who managed to unite all the Greek states and build a gigantic Greek Empire which expanded from Greece to India (really big!!). He was the first person who took the title “Emperor of Greece”.
He made his small Greek kingdom of Macedon (Greek-Macedonia) the most powerful Greek state.
He never lost a battle and he is considered a military genius.
He spread Greek language and Greek culture through out the world paving the way to Christianity.
He was considered from the people of the Persian Empire as a liberator and not a conqueror.
He fused Greek culture with Asian Elements forming the culture that was called Hellenistic (from “Hellenic” meaning “Greek”).
{Do not confuse the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia or Macedon with the modern state of Makedonija (or FYROM or Slav Macedonia as they are not related at all). The confusion has started a few years ago because that small state started to use the name “Republic of Macedonia” causing a great confusion with real Macedonia in Greece.}

Answer 2

It was all relative .Nobody else's history was recorded during his time so maybe he was indeed great. According to Plutarch he was a very admired person. Here is an anecdote about him ;
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[Alexander] was only twenty years old when he succeeded to the crown, and he found the kingdom torn into pieces by dangerous parties and implacable animosities. The barbarous nations, even those that bordered upon Macedonia, could not brook subjection, and they longed for their natural kings... Alexander was of opinion, that the only way to security, and a thorough establishment of his affairs, was to proceed with spirit and magnanimity. For he was persuaded, that if he appeared to abate of his dignity in the least article, he would be universally insulted. He therefore quieted the commotions, and put a stop to the rising wars among the barbarians, by marching with the utmost expediency as far as the Danube, where he fought a great battle...

The barbarians, we are told, lost in this battle twenty thousand foot and two thousand five hundred horse, whereas Alexander had no more than thirty-four men killed, nine of which were the infantry. To do honor to their memory, he erected a statue to each of them in brass, the workmanship of Lysippus. And that the Greeks might have their share in the glory of the day, he sent them presents out of the spoil: to the Athenians in particular he sent three hundred bucklers. Upon the rest of the spoils he put this pompous inscription, WON BY ALEXANDER THE SON OF PHILIP, AND THE GREEKS (EXCEPTING THE LACEDAEMONIANS), OF THE BARBARIANS IN ASIA. The greatest part of the plate, the purple furniture, and other things of that kind which he took from the Persians, he sent to his mother.
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The only thing quite unbelievable was the pomposity of his speeches in the books written about him. I find it hard to believe that soldiers really paid attention to long winded speeches in the battlefield when there was no microphone, food and water.
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Answer 3

Alexander was great by his capabilities to win many of his battles.He bated the Greeks and Persians. Enough for that time.
He adopted the most advanced culture at that time - the Greek one, but he married a Persian woman. He simply was a kind of a "cosmopolitan" conqueror. His empire was a personal type of rule of an empire. Modern Greece has nothing to do with that ancient empire - there wasn't any nation at that time, nor the Greek one. The Greeks are upset by Macedonian name because of some other aspects, not the historical heritage. Just suppose that greeks recognize Alexander was not Greek. Would the Greeks be less more worth, or their cultural historical meaning to the civilisation ' ll be worst? No, because that is not the problem with Macedonians. The real problem has much more fresh date and everyone knows what does it means. So, speaking of Alexander ( The Great or not ?) means speaking of Alexander the Great, not Alexander the Greek !!!

Answer 4

Actually, Alexander wasn't so great, but no one had the nerve to call him Alexander the Mediocre.

Answer 5

Anyone who can take over the majority of the known world is a winner to me.

I liked when he beat Persia. Persia is like the Buffalo Bills, they've been to the SuperBowl more than like any other team, but always come up short. Just like Persia, who lost to the Greeks, the Romans, the Turks, and soon, the United States.

Better luck next year Persia!

Answer 6

He was great for the times he lived in.

Answer 7

He was a brave military strategist, conquest a vast territory, up to Persia, from Macedonia, he was very young and made great conquest also contribute to the preserve Greek Culture, and expanded it by making their soldiers intermarry with women from the places they conquered. He died at 32 years old.

Answer 8

when i read history and study about people that was killed by Alexander the great or other human like him , i become very astonished. why they are great?

Answer 9

Considering that Alexander conquered the known world of the time, and it only disintergrated after his death, I would say that he deserves the title and laurels.

Answer 10

As great as one could get in those days.