The Real Reason Alexander the Great's Empire Collapsed in 10 Years

In 323 BC, Alexander the Great died at thirty-two. He had never lost a battle. He had conquered more territory than any commander in history. And within ten years, everything he built was gone. The generals who served him spent the next forty years killing each other over the pieces. The empire that looked invincible on a map dissolved faster than almost any empire before or since. The standard explanation is that it was too big. That's not the real answer. The real answer is about what Alexander chose to do — and what he chose never to do — across eleven years of continuous conquest. This is the story of the most brilliant military mind of the ancient world, and the one problem he never tried to solve.