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| Alexander the Great | ||||
| Alexander the Great was born on 356 B.C. He was born in Pella, was the son of Philip II, and king of Macedonia. His tutor was Aristotle, who trained him in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine and philosophy. In 336 B.C. his father was killed and he assumed the position as King. Within one year of assuming the throne he had fixed the mess that his father had left him, he killed all of the treaties and restored order to his small empire.
Near the point of his death Alexander started believing that he was indeed a god. He began to tell his people that he was descend from Hercules by printing coins that had them both on them. Adding to his thoughts his mother told him that a serpent had impregnated her instead of his father. Before his death he had some of his cities worship him as a god. The cause of death is a mystery to this day. |
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