Who Killed Alexander The Great
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Who Killed Alexander the Great?
Who Killed Alexander the Great?
Alexander the great happens to be the greatest leader of all the time in ancient Greek. He is known to have been very brave, but, at the same time, daring, reckless, and shrewd (Brooks, 2020). He was a member of the ancient Greek royal house of the Argead dynasty. Even though his father was assassinated when he was 20, Alexander still managed to inherit the throne. He was more respected for conquering the Corinth and his enemy, Darius before he took over Persia (Brooks, 2020; Eye Witness, n.d). Through a review of the e-book and the works by Romm (2012), the article seeks to answer who killed Alexander the Great.
Form his book on pages 30 – 36, Romm does allude that Alexander died on the 11th of June, 323 BC (Romm, 2012). He was killed aged 32 years old, having conquered an empire stretching from modern Albania to eastern Pakistan (Romm, 2012). The question of what and who killed the more celebrated leader of all time has never been answered. However, the recent works and theories do suggest that he could have been pierced by an arrow on his lungs when he single-handedly went face to face against South Asian warriors.
Romm (2012) noted that Alexander could have fallen in the wicked hands of companions, the inner circle of friends, or the high-ranking officers that surrounded him because of his shrewd and daring nature Babylon. While such information could form a reasonable hypothesis, ancient historians have not reached consensus in the cause of Alexander’s death (Romm, 2012). Many people who have taken part in trying to contextualization the leadership of alexander the great argue that he could fall because of a disease attack. However, the stone’s film offers another version altogether; “Ptolemy, looking back over decades at his commander’s death, declares the truth is, we did kill him (Romm, 2012).” The fact that his story was downplayed can conclude the killer of Alexander the great is unknown.
References
Brooks C., (2020). Western Civilization: A concise History – volume 1
Eye Witness, (n.d). The death of Alexander the Great, 323 BC. Retrieved from http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/alexanderdeath.htm#:~:text=The%20exact%20cause%20of%20Alexander’s,that%20had%20lasted%20ten%20days.
Romm, J. (2012). Who Killed Alexander the Great?. History Today, 62(4), 30-36.