Alexander the great?

Alexander the great?

Alexander the Great, was he really that great? Alexander the Great was not the best leader for Greece. He made a lot of bad decisions like having a hunger for power to flee Greece and let it be unguarded. He also slaughtered thousands and enslaved even more thousands of women, non army men, and children.
Alexander the Greats hunger for power was actually more dangerous than it sounds. It was dangerous because he fled Greece with his whole army, with no defense in Greece, to let it be unguarded just to take over more land. Another thing bad about conquering more land was he was killing more soldiers but I will talk more about the slaughtering in the next paragraph. The stupidest thing to do was to leave Greece unguarded when any other empire could easily take it over. That did happen to Greece, which was a very smart move by the enemies, but a stupid move by Alexander the Great.
Slaughtering people that were innocent was something Alexander the Great did frequently. Alexander the Great slaughtered many women and children that were innocent. Why did he do such a thing? No one can explain what he was thinking. But we do know that during a drunken argument he killed his officer and Alexander the Great’s loyal friend Black Cleitus who was a man who saved Alexander the Great’s life. I think Alexander the Great had an anger issue or he wanted to be like Ares the god of war and like seeing bloodshed like Ares too. Remember that killing innocent people doesn’t mean you are good at war.
When Alexander the Great took over other areas if he didn’t like the people he enslaved them. That included babies, children, women, and non army men which were enslaved simply because he had a bad attitude and didn’t feel like dealing with them. Alexander the great also enslaved many people of Thebes which was part of Greece because he wanted to teach other Greek people what would happen to them if they rebelled. It was not that smart of an idea to capture other Greek people. It slowed down trade around Greece and made them dislike Alexander the Great even more. When they got out of being enslaved they would rebel again. Both bad decisions hurt production and trade when the city could have been making gold for Alexander the Great. Another stupid thing about enslaving people is that the city is useless because the men were killed in battle and you need the jobs of some of the men to keep a city going.
So do you still think Alexander the Great is really that great? Well if you do, remember that he had a bad hunger for power and he slaughtered and enslaved women and children.