1. 356-323 B.C. One of the greatest military commanders to ever live.
Alexander the Great
B.C.
One of the greatest military commanders to ever live.

2. Who Is Alexander? He was Philip, King of Macedon’s Son.
Macedonia is a region in Greece.
He became King after his father’s assassination.
Noble Macedonian Youth
He was Aristotle’s Pupil
By Age 30, he conquered and created one of the largest empires in history.

3. The Military
Alexander used both military skill and diplomacy to accomplish his feats.
Bucephalas- his horse.
Greek Take Over
Weapons: Phalanx
Sacred Band of Thebans
Battle of Charonea
Diodorus- the scribe

4. The Phalanx

5. King Philip Cleopatra causes rift Olympus Desire to conquer Asia
Alpha Male Philip vs. Effeminate Alexander
Hephastian
Conspiracy over death

6. Superstition The Greeks were extremely superstitious. Oracle at Delphi
Gordian Knot

7. King Dirius Persian King 100 K to 40 K ? Tyre Temple of Hercules
The Causeway
Battle of Gagamela
Bressos

8. His Reign Babylon Persian Customs India The Arrow Return to Greece
Hephastian’s Death/ Alexander’s Grief
Alexander’s death
Ptolemy hijacks body

9. Quotes “To the strongest”- last words.
“I am indebted to my father for living but to my teacher for living well.”
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try. “

10. Wrap Up Greatest of all leaders. 40 K soldiers, 20 K miles, 12 years.
Challenges Notions:
-- Of a warrior
-- Of a leader
-- Of conquest
-- Of manliness
In short, he rocked.

11. Maps

12. Achilles
As a child, Alexander was preoccupied with Homer’s accounts of war.
He idolized the great hero of the Trojan War, Achilles.
Who was this Achilles that Alexander so admired? That’s for next time…