He Conquered the World by 30. Then It All Fell Apart

Was Alexander the Great actually great? By 30 he ruled the biggest empire the world had ever seen. At 32 he was dead, and it all fell apart. At 12 he tamed a horse nobody could ride. At 20 he was king. He took down the Persian Empire, crossed a river in a thunderstorm to fight war elephants in India, and never lost a major battle. He also wiped Thebes off the map, killed the friend who once saved his life, and left his empire "to the strongest." Sources Plutarch, Life of Alexander Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander (Anabasis) Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Book 17 Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Tracks: Rites, Heroic Age, Investigations, Sneaky Snitch, Pippin the Hunchback, Crusade - Heavy Industry, Achaidh Cheide, Thatched Villagers, Celtic Impulse, Five Armies, Long Note Four, Volatile Reaction, Teller of the Tales, Lord of the Land, Sovereign Quarter, Clash Defiant #AlexanderTheGreat #History #AncientHistory