Battle of the Granicus

his time as king, he conquered many lands, won many battles, defeated the Persians, and created a large empire.…

Alexander the Great is credited with being an exceptional ruler who conquered the majority of the known word. Accomplishing some of the most impressive and elaborate conquerings in the 300s BCE, Alexander the Great had an empire spanning from Egypt to Asia. Alexander was able to achieve such victories through his short life because of his father, his army, and his impeccable leadership abilities. A lot of the accomplishments made by Alexander the Greats can be attributed to his father…

Alexander believed very much in following his father’s path in conquering the Persians. Both he and Darius had great battle strategies and preparations for the Battle of Gaugamela. Alexander had many skilled strategies to battle previous to Gaugamela (History.com). Darius carefully chose Gaugamela for the next battle site (Wasson). Gaugamela was a wide plain for Darius to use his chariots, elephants, many men, and could place obstacles and traps in the field (Wasson;…

civilization. From Alex’s battle tactics and doing new, maybe even crazy, things to win all the way to him conquering the vast majority of the known world and it’s civilizations. Even more than those things though is his cultural influence after his…

During the rise of Athens, Athenians established democracy, and their city-state was named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Although Athens was started by the Mycenaean’s, the foundation was built by four tyrants; Draco, Solon, Peisistratus, and Cleisthenes. The first tyrant Draco ruled with an iron fist and started the “Draco’s code”, and all citizens knew the laws. Draco ended aristocracy so that the rich could not decide what the poor has to do, and could not make laws. The second tyrant…

Alexander the Great brilliantly showcased his ability to strategize in the Battle of Gaugamela. The Battle of Gaugamela was an “extraordinary victory” (Matthews, “Battle of Gaugamela”) against the Persian army. Alexander’s army was composed of an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers, while his counterpart, Darius III was believed to have “anywhere between 90,000 to 250,000 men” (Wasson, “Battle of Gaugamela”). Outnumbered, Alexander knew he could not face Persian army in their traditional…

Alexander the Great is known as the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian Empire. One of the writers of Alexander, Plutarch was ethnically Greek, but a citizen of Rome. The author takes famous Greek characters and compares them to Roman characters in his biographies; he has created the romantic picture of Alexander and used the story of Alexander to exemplify what is good leadership, and he does emphasize certain values that would be consider good qualities found in a leader, and the…

ranks their spears pointed out and the back ten ranks held their spears at an angle to deflect any arrows, slings, or javelins that were hurled their way. This force would then pin the enemy front and the cvalry would encircle and you would have a battle of encirclement with the object of complete annihilation of the enemy. The objective was not to break the enemy and pursue it which was the technique of the old form of hoplite…

356 B.C in Pella, Macedonia. His parents were Queen Olympia, daughter of King Neoptolemus, and King Philip Ⅱ. Alexander the Great was raised in Pella’s royal court with his sister. King Philip Ⅱ was nonexistent in Alexander’s life because he was at battle, focused on ruling, or engaged in unfaithful…

including the creation of the Macedonian Empire and sparking Hellenistic civilization. But what if he died before he could become “the Great”? When Alexander was twenty two, he fought and defeated the King Darius III and the Persians at the Battle of the Granicus River in Anatolia. He charged into their ranks, and came very close to death after a blow to the head. His bodyguard arrived in just in time to kill the attacker and save Alexander. But what if he didn’t? What if the attacker struck…