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Why was I considered to be Great?

Why was I the last person to have earned that moniker? After all, the Persian King Cyrus – whom I admired greatly – and the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses too were deemed “great?”

Why was my greatness recognized relatively shortly after my death? During the Antiquity, Roman Emperors already referred to me as Alexander the Great. The little you do know of me is based on secondary sources, which include Plutarch, Ptolemy, Diodorus Siculus, Quintus Curtius and Arrian of Nicomedia.

According to Plutarch, Julius Caesar himself said:

“I have not just cause to weep, when I consider that Alexander at my age had conquered so many nations, and I have all this time done nothing that is memorable.”

He wasn’t alone, for no one has ever matched my industrious military conquests.

Until my time, it was eastern cultures – be it Persian, Egyptian or Babylonian – that controlled the World. I changed all of that. When I was alive, Greeks dominated the landscape. Once I died, my Empire crumbled but other Westerners took over. Ever since, western thought has prevailed over eastern ones.

Some historians cannot reconcile my life, one ripe with contradictions. To many in the Western World, I was a hero. To some in the Eastern World, I was a villain. With one swing of my sword, I displayed acts of altruism. With another, I demonstrated greed. Why? Was it an accident? Or did I realize that only in such a manner would I be able to accomplish what my father failed to accomplish?

What did he fail to accomplish? Not much, apart from conquering Persia. This was to be my destiny.

Many have attempted to tell my story throughout history but have failed to present it through my eyes.

For the first time ever, you will hear my story from my perspective.

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