He was the ruler of Greece in the fourth century B.C. He was one of the greatest military geniuses of all time. He was born in Macedonia, the son of Phillip II, King of Macedonia. He received his military education from his father and was tutored by Aristotle, the great philosopher, and other great teachers of his time. By the time he was sixteen Alexander was left in charge of the kingdom when his father was away for any extended period of time and once led the army to put down a rebellion in one of the colonies of Macedonia....
a natural death, that he was possibly poisioned, but the acual cause of his death will never be known. The extent of Alexander"s accomplishments should not be underrated. The spread of Greek civilization and the Greek language made it possible for the exchange of good and ideas, strengthening the economic ties and adding to the storehouse of knowledge in mathematics, science, and astronomy, and it is also believed that the spread of Christianity would not have occurred as rapidly as it did because, when the gospel was written in Greek it was able to reach a much wider public.