Quote Originally Posted by Mormy View Post
Calling him incompetent is a rather harsh judgement for a man who defeated the Persian Empire which was the greatest empire of its time. Rome at that time was still in its infancy. Maybe Alexander wasn't a great ruler, but he was a conquorer, not a politician. There are only a small handful of people throughout known history that have had such an impact, and the fact that he did have a great impact is proven because here we are nearly 2500 years later still talking about it. He is also a household name. Even people who fail at history and never cracked a book in their life know of Alexander the Great.
True, Julius Caesar was also a conqueror. And it is the conquerors who is also remembered.

Achilles ~ Alexander ~ Caesar ~ Charlemagne (not very famous) ~ William Wallace ~ Henry V ~ Napoleon.

About all of you have hears about atleast three of those