Alexander the Great's relation to triumph is obvious; he created an army that took over most of the known world. But what is not known widely is how tragic his life was. I cannot do full justice to his life but I will do my best to describe it.
When Alexander was a child, his parents were constantly fighting. His father was usually away on campaigns, so he rarely saw him when he was young. He therefore was usually under his mother's influence. When he was a young man his father was killed, and he had to take over an entire country by himself that was in very bad shape. As he grew he had to deal with disputes, revolts and cruel neighboring rivals. When he was a grown man he killed many people, including some of his friends while in a drunken rage who had saved his life. At one point, he killed a life-long friend while drunk and then realizing what he had done, would have killed himself if his bodyguards had not restrained him. He then went into seclusion for three days.......

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