Alexander, born in 356 BC. His father Philip II was an accomplished king, and as the eldest son of the king of the Greek Kingdom of Macedonia, his mother Olympia was more enthusiastic and fierce than his father.
Alexander is a beautiful man with a muscular physique, he loves sports and culture, and he can be both perfect and evil.
He is courageous, not afraid of hardship, tolerant and friendly.
Although he was easily drunk when he drank, fortunately, he was at most excited or talkative.
He is somewhat emotional, but has excellent concentration and determination.
All in all, he's almost perfect.
Alexander is said to be prone to anger, and in any case, all his characteristics are almost identical to the hero of his favorite Homer's Iliad, Achilles.
As an adult, Alexander first reported everything to his mother, and the close mother-child relationship often led to tension in the father-son relationship.
However, King Philip showed his fatherly side and asked Aristotle to be his son's governess, but the son seemed unwilling to be close to his father.
When Alexander was 20 years old, King Philip was assassinated, which was fortunate for both father and son.
The first king died and Alexander, who became the new king of Macedonia, naturally did not take over a peaceful and prosperous world.
In the early days of his succession, he suffered from enemies at home and abroad, which was quite difficult, but in the end he skillfully defused the crisis, which shows that Alexander is not an ordinary 20-year-old.
Two years after taking the throne, the 22-year-old Alexander made a momentous decision: to lead an expedition to Persia to eliminate the Greek nation's 200-year old enemy.
Because he was sending troops to Persia, his title was commander-in-chief of the All Greek Army, but the Greek city-states led by Athens were perfunctory and unwilling to provide sufficient troops, and as a result, the Macedonian army became the de facto main force.
The total strength of this coalition was 35,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry.
The expeditionary force set out from the capital of Macedonia, Pela, and traveled east of northern Greece, crossing the Hellespont (present-day Dardanelles) into Asia, landing near Troy, so everyone decided to worship on the site of this ancient battlefield
, wishing victory.
The crowd first offered sacrifices to the goddess Athena. In the Trojan War, it was the goddess Athena who supported and helped Achilles and Odysseus win the victory for Greece.
Everyone did not forget to spill wine on the ground to comfort the heroes who died on this land, especially on the tombstone of Achilles.
According to tradition, everyone competed on the edge of the cemetery, and Alexander joined in naked, then placed the garland of winning in front of the tomb and whispered: "There was a best friend (Patroclus) in his life, and a great narrator (
Homer), Achilles was a happy man. ”
The first battle of the expedition was in Granicus, where Alexander's army won.
They then continued eastward into Asia Minor, where they faced the Persian king Darius for the first time in the plain of Issus. Darius led an army of 150,000 Persians, but Alexander had less than 40,000.
As a result, Alexander won again.
Darius abandoned his mother, wife and daughter, and fled the desert.
Although it was not possible to cut the grass and remove the roots, in this war, the Macedonian army lost only 200 men, which was a truly overwhelming victory.
Faced with a treasure left behind by the king of Persia, this simple Greek young man of Macedonian origin exclaimed: "So this is the life of a king!" ”
Needless to say, those things became his bag.
After the Battle of Issus, Alexander led an army to Egypt and decided to establish the city of Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile. After that, he went to the Amun temple to pay his respects.
It was at that temple that Alexander received a divine revelation. Because he was not mentally prepared in advance, the sudden arrival of God's voice shocked the 24-year-old.
Alexander asked the god Amun, "Are there any murderers who assassinated my father who slipped through the net?" ”
God replied, "Alexander's father was immortal." ”
When Alexander heard of this, he immediately wrote to his mother that he had received a secret prophecy and that he would report it to his mother alone when he returned home.
Despite his best efforts at the Battle of Issus, Alexander himself seemed to be unable to believe for a long time that he could win that victory, and the god Amun solved his confusion.
In the year of receiving the revelation of the gods, as if to prove that Alexander was the son of the gods, he defeated Darius again at the Battle of Gaugamira.
With an army of 300,000 led by Darius, Alexander still had only 40,000 troops and won the victory with a mere 300 sacrificial men, no wonder the 24-year-old thought he was Achilles without the Achilles' heel.
It was from that period that he asked his men to throw themselves into the ground and perform oriental gifts.
In 330 BC, the fourth year of Alexander's expedition, Darius died and the Persian kingdom collapsed, far more than he expected. The soldiers were also relieved and finally looked forward to the day when they would return to Macedonia.
Unexpectedly, Alexander announced the continuation of the crusade for such an unknown reason as letting the killer of Darius pay for his life.
Alexander's decision was unacceptable to his loyal subordinates, who refused to move forward.
In desperation, Alexander had to let them return to their homeland and march east with a team of volunteers, mercenaries and Asians.
The march crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains to the Indus River, and on the way traveled to conquer several towns.
In any case, until his death at the age of nearly 33, Alexander the Great's prophecy was bound to ring in the mind of the god Amun: "All mankind must be ruled by the divine." ”
Alexander was strict with himself all his life. Although his drinking never grew, he resisted the temptation of women and overcame physical pain, perhaps because he believed that he was immortal.
For men, there is probably nothing more enjoyable than thinking that they are god-like beings. #头条创作挑战赛 #
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