When Alexander was young, he studied under the famous western philosopher, aristotle.
This had a great impact on Alexander's early life education.
Alexander's military talent could be said to be innate, just like any historical figure who had achieved great military achievements at a young age.
However, he later set his sights on all the known worlds and even wanted to explore the unknown worlds with an incomparably broad mind.
Obviously, it had a lot to do with his experience as a student of aristotle.
His teacher, aristotle, once observed a lunar eclipse and found that the shadow on the moon was curved. He thought that the lunar eclipse was the projection of the earth on the moon. Since the shadow was curved, it meant that the earth was spherical.
However, when Alexander asked what the world outside the map was like, his teacher couldn't answer him.
"Then you can only explore it yourself.”
Thus, this sentence became the goal that this young man, who was destined to be extraordinary, wanted to pursue for his entire life.
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Although Alexander had unlimited talent and was the heir to the throne.
However, Alexander's path to the throne was not smooth.
Because his father, Philip II, had once cheated on Alexander's mother.
He had taken a fancy to Cleopatra, the niece of the Macedonian noble Atalus, and divorced Alexander's mother, Olympias.
His inheritance rights were questioned and even banished, becoming an abandoned child.
But in the end, Philip II was assassinated, and Alexander inherited his father's throne.
In order to consolidate his position, he mercilessly dealt with all the other people who had the right to inherit.
On this point, he and Li Shiming were on par.
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But after he ascended the throne, he began his magnificent life.
He relied on his political skills to gain the trust of the Macedonians and received unprecedented support.
After that, he began his career of conquering.
First, he unified Sheena.
He cruelly suppressed the cities that dared to resist him.
On a certain day in September, 335 B.C., the war drums in the famous Greek city of Thebes thundered, and the battle cries shook the sky.
A large number of Macedonians flooded in from the city gates and walls, and the Thebes garrison was unable to resist and was forced to retreat.
The Thebes army quickly collapsed in the face of the ferocious enemy, and the bloody street fighting gradually turned into an even bloodier massacre.
The victors searched for spoils of war in the city, and women, children, and the elderly were not spared.
The cruelest scenes you can imagine are all here, and there are also scenes you can't imagine.
Massacres, rapes, and pillaging took place in every temple, every street, every house, and every piece of farmland.
Screams, collisions, neighs, insults, screams, and wails mixed together, forming a terrifying symphony.
When night fell, Alexander, the commander of the Macedonian army, finally ordered a halt to the massacre. At this time, 6000 Thebans had been killed, while the Macedonians had only lost 500 people in the siege.
This Alexander was the future Alexander the Great. Compared to the glorious victories that followed, this siege was only a small victory.
However, at the post-war meeting the next day, Alexander issued an order that shocked the entire Greek world. Completely destroy Thebes.
The entire city of Thebes was razed to the ground except for the city-state and the temple. The territory under its jurisdiction was divided up by Alexander's allies.
The remaining 30000 residents, with the exception of the clerics and the "Macedonians", were sold as slaves.
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As for why he did that?
Thebes was once the famous city of Hina, and it was the overlord of the Greek Peninsula less than a generation ago.
Be it in terms of hard or soft power, they were one of the best in the world of Hina.
Destroying such a famous city was definitely an earth-shattering matter. Alexander had no reason not to think about it carefully.
Macedon was the new overlord of the Hina region, and Alexander had just ascended the throne.
It could be said that the foundation of his rule was not stable.
As early as when he ascended the throne, the Greek city-states had tried to rebel once. Fortunately, he managed to calm them down in time, and the former overlord Thebes was one of the masterminds of that rebellion.
It could be imagined that if he spared the Thebes this time, he might be able to obtain a short period of peace.
However, when he left Europe for the expedition to Asia, who could guarantee that these restless Greece people would not raise the flag again?
Asia was tens of thousands of miles away. Before they could even walk halfway, the fire in the backyard would burn their hometown down.
For a true monarch, cruelty was never the end, but the means.
And this act of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys proved to be very effective after the incident.
Even after Alexander the Great led his expeditionary army and left Hina for many years, his rear was still stable.
No one dared to challenge Alexander the Great's authority in the Hina World.
Alexander was only twenty years old.
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"At the age of twenty, he was as ruthless as Genghis Khan and Li Shimin!”
"Kill your brother's enemy and massacre the city! A young man in his twenties."
"D * mn, as expected of someone who can become a Martial Monarch Realm expert! He had already started to behave at such a young age.”
"The facts have once again proven that those who can become excellent rulers are not soft-hearted people.”
"But he should be worse than Li Shiming, right? Li Shi Min didn't kill his brothers, but he could have died. However, he killed his own brothers after he ascended the throne.”
"Is he not confident in himself? Was he afraid that his brother would snatch the throne that he had already obtained?”
"I don't think that's the problem. It's mainly because his inheritance rights were questioned before. In order to eliminate this doubt, he has to do this.”
"And I guess there's also hatred for his father betraying his mother. After all, he and his mother have such a good relationship.”
"Genghis Khan has also killed his own people of the same culture and race, so I can only say that he is on par with the two ruthless people from before.”
"But if these two traits are added together, he's still a little more ruthless!”
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Alexander's historical projection had brought a deep shock to the world.
Although his name was loud enough, what exactly had he done?
Actually, people were not that clear about it.
Especially for people who were not in the same cultural circle as him.
The story of Genghis Khan and Napoleon was more familiar than him.
The reason was that his era was too long ago.
4th century B.C.
Although he had also caused a great impact on the future generations.
But for people nowadays, the memory was not that deep.
Therefore, the historical projection still showed his life in as much detail as possible.
He brought everyone to recall the magnificent deeds of this great emperor.
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