Many people around the world are aware who Alexander The Great was, but few are familiar with his story. Alexander The Great is considered to be one of the most successful leaders in history. With his philosophical intellect and his ruthless ways, he conquered nations others failed to conquer. Alexander the Great was a genius and a great military leader.
EARLY LIFE Alexander’s parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympians. Alexander did not see his father often because his dad spent most of his time engaged in military campaigns and martial affairs. Later on, Alexander received his earliest education under the protection of his relative, the Stern Leonidas of Epirus. Leonidas was hired by king Philip II to teach Alexander mathematics, …show more content…
Historians have argued this issue for centuries’’ (Ibis Communications). Some think he died because of poison, typhoid fever or other maladies. Most historians agreed that Alexander The Great died in 323 B.C. while suffering a high fever. There are historical records that were kept, including the diary of Alexander The Great. In Alexander’s diary, he mentioned that he became ill with some form of fever. There was a common factor that was shared by all of these different events and their locations. One of the common mentions among all of the activities of that evening presence of Alexander’s well trusted, good friend Medius. “Through out Alexander The Great diary, the entries explained the events that are said to have occurred the night Alexander began to feel ill noted the presence of Medius” (Ibis Communications). Medius who was in trouble of convincing Alexander The Great to join his companion in a night full of drinking and dining, before he noted that he had fallen ill with a …show more content…
According to one ancient account, it took two years from the time of Alexander’s death to design and construct a funerary cart for Alexander The Great. This would make his mummified body conveyed to its tomb. On their way to the destination, the funerary cart was met in Syria by Ptolemy, a Macedonian general in Alexander’s army. “Ptolemy, in 305 B.C. proclaim himself as the king of Egypt, as Ptolemy I Soter and started the Ptolemaic dynasty” (Robert S. Bianchi). He then diverted the body to Egypt where it was buried in a tomb at Memphis. In the late forth or early third century B.C., Alexander was removed from his tomb in Memphis and transported to Alexandria where it was reburied. By now, Alexander The Great had at least moved to three Egyptian
EARLY LIFE Alexander’s parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympians. Alexander did not see his father often because his dad spent most of his time engaged in military campaigns and martial affairs. Later on, Alexander received his earliest education under the protection of his relative, the Stern Leonidas of Epirus. Leonidas was hired by king Philip II to teach Alexander mathematics, …show more content…
Historians have argued this issue for centuries’’ (Ibis Communications). Some think he died because of poison, typhoid fever or other maladies. Most historians agreed that Alexander The Great died in 323 B.C. while suffering a high fever. There are historical records that were kept, including the diary of Alexander The Great. In Alexander’s diary, he mentioned that he became ill with some form of fever. There was a common factor that was shared by all of these different events and their locations. One of the common mentions among all of the activities of that evening presence of Alexander’s well trusted, good friend Medius. “Through out Alexander The Great diary, the entries explained the events that are said to have occurred the night Alexander began to feel ill noted the presence of Medius” (Ibis Communications). Medius who was in trouble of convincing Alexander The Great to join his companion in a night full of drinking and dining, before he noted that he had fallen ill with a …show more content…
According to one ancient account, it took two years from the time of Alexander’s death to design and construct a funerary cart for Alexander The Great. This would make his mummified body conveyed to its tomb. On their way to the destination, the funerary cart was met in Syria by Ptolemy, a Macedonian general in Alexander’s army. “Ptolemy, in 305 B.C. proclaim himself as the king of Egypt, as Ptolemy I Soter and started the Ptolemaic dynasty” (Robert S. Bianchi). He then diverted the body to Egypt where it was buried in a tomb at Memphis. In the late forth or early third century B.C., Alexander was removed from his tomb in Memphis and transported to Alexandria where it was reburied. By now, Alexander The Great had at least moved to three Egyptian