Alexander the great was known for conquering most of the known world in his time but he was also known for the amount of troop deaths during his deadly campaign. I believe he was a good man but were his actions justified, why’d he do the things he did, and did he really deserve the title Alexander The Great?
The Macedonian expansion period during Alexander’s reign came at a great cost and many men's lives were lost, was this expansion a justifiable mean to an end? When the expansion started all Alexander wanted persia for was to boost his wealth adding economic value to his empire but in the end Alexander expanded past Persia and parts of Europe to an empire that spanned a good 2,000,000 square miles. The exact amount of men killed in the conflict is unknown but an estimate says anywhere between 100,000 and 127,000 were killed in the fighting and probably more succumbed to disease and wounds. But considering how much land they acquired I personally think it was worth it so in this matter i feel like he was justified in doing this.
Was Alexander a brilliant tactical leader or not? Alexander was a great tactical genius, I Believe this because during his last major battle of his campaign was against a prince named Porus. Porus had elephant shock troops which could easily demolish his heavy artillery/siege weapon units and mess up troop synchronization. So Alexander told his men to act and sound like they were gonna cross the river separating the two forces every night to make Porus guess where they were each night and adjust to that placement of troops. Porus didn’t know when, where, or how Alexander would attack him so one night when the same routine started again ALexander had some 10,000 men go upstream 10 miles out of view to ferry his men across and attack from 2 sides at once. The attack was a success and toppling elephants did as much damage to friendly troops as enemy troops. All in all Alexander was a great man and deserved his title. He will forever be known as Alexander The Great.
