Alexander the Great Quotes
Heaven cannot support two suns, nor earth two masters, nor Asia two kings
The offer of Darius was to pay him ten thousand talents, to cede to him all the countries west of the Euphrates, and to give him his daughter in marriage. Parmenio had urged him to take the offer. Alexander then went on and defeat Darius and the Persions who far outnumbered his forces. Asia then had one king who was more popular than Darius had been.
Alexander III (Alexander the Great), 356-323 BC, King of Macedonia, Statement to Parmenio regarding the Persian King Darius’s offer to buy him off and share Asia, Quoted in Plutarch, Apothegms
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The largest kingdom the world had known was divided up among his generals.
Province of the Congo. Both the British and the Belgians were vying for Katanga to become a part of their empire. Msri, a cruel tyrant, was hated by his people, many of whom he had had murdered.
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Honore Gabriel Victor Requiti
Windsor was the Kings palace and the King felt that was all he really controlled.
Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at the age of 20. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Western Asia and Northeastern Africa, and by the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.
