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  Ancient History Should Alexander the Great, the great conqueror of the 4th century BCE, really be called “the Great?” Here are 11 reasons among many why he deserves this title. Published: Jun 26, 2020 written by  Marian Vermeulen ,  BA History and Philosophy Like Share Cite Hellenistic Bronze Head of Alexander the Great,  Metropolitan Museum of Art, with    Alexander the Great  by Andy Warhol, 1982, Private Collection   Most people have heard of Alexander of Macedonia, the young Greek warlord who became king at the age of twenty and had conquered the ancient world by the time of his  sudden death at thirty-two . That achievement is itself an impressive feat, but the story of Alexander the Great is an incredibly rich and complex one. These are 11 further reasons  why he deserves to be called great .   1. Alexander the Great Was the Son of Philip II Ancient Thracian coin depicting Philip II  and commemorating his win at an...

  Bret Devereaux     Collections ,  Legion and Phalanx     May 16, 2025   30 Minutes This week we’re going to do something a bit silly, in part because I have to prepare for and travel to an invited workshop/talk event later this week and so don’t have quite the time for a more normal ‘full’ post and in part because it is fun to be silly sometimes (and we might learn something). One of the standard pop-history counter-factuals that one sees working on ancient military history is some version of “What if Alexander the Great went West instead of East?” It has come up quite a few times here in the comments! And of course we should begin by noting the question is itself a bit silly. Alexander didn’t go East on a lark, his invasion was planned even before he became king and indeed when he became king a Macedonian army was already in Anatolia laying the logistical predicates for his invasion. Alexander thus wasn’t in a position to really decide suddenly to ‘...