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Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.), who
reigned as king of Macedonia for only thirteen years, set a flame
of conquest that introduced the dynamism of Hellenism to the
Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian worlds. Re-creating
their ossified cultures, he established a standard of leadership
and military conquest that the most successful of Roman emperors,
medieval knights, and steppe barbarians would never truly match.
Julius Caesar wept that he could not surpass Alexander, while
Napoleon could only dream of such invincibility. Alexander had the
great fortune to be born the able son of Philip II, one of the most
talented men of war and politics produced by the Hellenic world,
who created for Alexander the foundation of the Macedonian state
and army that would be the tools of his future greatness.
Alexanders invincibility was the product of his profound genius -
the perfection of body, boundless energy, imagination, daring,
intellect, and vision in one man. He was a master tactician,
strategist, logistician, diplomat, and statesman, with an ability
to win the affection and quick obedience of others. Even his
enemies fell victim to his valor and charm. His personal attributes
and accomplishments were so far removed from those of ordinary men
that he achieved almost superhuman status within his lifetime.
Above all, he was the preeminent man of war. Even today, as the
noise of battle rattles Kandahar, a city in Afghanistan that
Alexander named for himself, war clings to his name. |
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