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A 12 page research paper that examine the military policies, strategies and tactics that contributed to the success of this ancient leader. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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pointed history in a new direction. The Roman scholar Quintus Curtius quotes from a speech that was given before Alexander that summarizes the ambition of this ancient leader: "Had the
gods given thee a body proportioned to they ambition, the whole universe would have been too little for thee" (Rollin PG). From what we know of Alexanders career, this was
hardly an exaggeration. However, as historian Peter Green has pointed out, Alexanders genius lay completely in his military ability. Once an area was conquered, Alexanders rule of his empire
was slipshod at best. Nevertheless, as a military leader, Alexander was incomparable. Green writes: Alexanders true genius was as a field commander: perhaps taken all in all, the most
incomparable general the world has ever seen. His gift for speed, improvisation and variety of strategy, cool-headedness in a crisis, his ability to extricate himself from the most impossible
situations, his mastery of terrain, his psychological ability to penetrate his enemys intentions-all these qualities place him at the very head of the Great Captains of history (Green 2).
Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella, the capital of Macedon, a kingdom located to the north of Hellas (ancient Greece) (Rollin PG). His father was Philip II,
a strong leader in his own right, who had united Macedon, making it the first real nation in the modern sense of the word. The Greeks were nearing the end
of their Golden Age. Although art, literature, and philosophy were still flourishing, the small Greek city-states refused to unite and consequently, continued to exhaust themselves through wars. Philip admired the
Greeks, which is why he engaged the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle to teach his son, Alexander. The Greeks, on the other hand, despised the Macedonians and considered them to be
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