Who Is Alexander The Great Leader

Most ancient rulers are called ‘The Great’ because they are the first in their family to rule. However, Alexander the Great was not the first in his family to rule yet he still received the title. Although he was only ruler of the empire for twelve years, he was still a great leader and earned the title he has now because in that time he deployed new technologies and equipment which helped him expanded the empire to as big as it ever was and defeat the Persians as well as many others. There are some people that disagree and don’t think he earned this title but others do think he was truly a great leader. He improved and strengthened the army he inherited from his father and treated them with respect. He did many things that were out of his way to make sure everything went as planned

However, Darius, the ruler of the Persian empire, was prepared for this battle. Darius had 200,000 men fighting against Alexander’s 35,000. He had made sure that the battlefield assisted his army and their strategies. The ground was already flat but Darius ordered it to be plowed and leveled. The Macedonian leader realized that unfair advantages took control. He ordered his cavalry to the right, hoping that the Persians would follow in that direction. Darius moved his troops to the right but soon found themselves stuck on rough, rocky terrain. The Persian line was slowly thinning and Alexander took this as his chance. He had his men charge through the rear of the Persians and Darius fled. Alexander the Great was truly a great ruler. He conquered so much in the short time he was in charge. In twelve years he was able to expand his empire to the biggest empire in the Ancient world and in this process he defeated many other empires and city states. A lot of the empires he fought against had a bigger army compared to his own but he just found additional ways to make the grounds even, or in some cases, gave him an