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What made Alexander

Has anyone before or after Alexander the Great ever achieved so much in such a small lifetime? I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone that even comes close. Alexander the Great was a Macedonian general and the son of the brilliant, but sadly largely forgotten, Philip II of Macedon.

After the assassination of Philip, the newly formed Macedonian Empire became the young Alexander’s responsibility. Wanting to continue in his father’s footsteps, Alexander set about defeating the Persian More