Is Alexander The Great A Hero Or A Villain

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Alexander the Hero or the Villain?

A disrespecting, fart bag, spider eating, low down scumbag whose name is Alexander the great. The question remains is Alexander a hero or a villain? Alexander the great was a villain do to the fact he enslaved people and he was extremely violent. Alexander was a reckless, negligent military leader who treated his troops with great disrespect. Alexander the great was a villain because at the battle of thebes Alexander brought thirty thousand troops to a small revolution. He killed 6,000 or more thebes at the battle. Alexander not only killed them he also destroyed all of the buildings there. On top of killing and ransacking the city of thebes he sold over 20,000 into slavery. Alexander the great was not

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