Alexander was the Philospher King. He led militarily but also understood how to really build an empire that would follow him, even those conquered.

@Antonytz

5 жыл бұрын

Lord was he a Parseltongue?

@justinbowers2749

5 жыл бұрын

of course that why it collapsed into civil war after his death

@konnosx1213

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander was the Phoenix king of real life Some people get that reference

@giovannipapi9979

5 жыл бұрын

Lord Voldemort nope dude he built an empire of terror slaughtering Who opposed him

@dalech72chalker51

5 жыл бұрын

My favrote lesson so far you can tell spelling was not my favorite

FALSE INFO !!! Alexander didn’t burn persopolis because he was drunk he burnt the Persian capital for revenge of he Persians burning Athens 150 years ago .

@welp4259

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah man heres someone who really knows history 👍

@cocotaveras8975

4 жыл бұрын

AT THE WAREHOUSE You are correct! 👍👍

@gregeryrenfro7237

4 жыл бұрын

But was he drunk at the time. That sounds like an epic tale yea I got hammered and the Gods spoke to me. It was after Zues the God of gods himself ordered me to take revenge I decided f... it let's take our 150 year old revenge and burn that ghetto. Lol

@aradaghayari5796

4 жыл бұрын

AT THE WAREHOUSE Yes Xerxes did burn Athens but nobody was at Athens at that time nobody died but Alexander slaughtered people

@cjdoesnothing6360

4 жыл бұрын

i didnt ask tho

11. ALEXANDER THE GREAT loved Homer's Illiad so much that he actually slept next to it.

@j280productions6

4 жыл бұрын

Really?

@ah925

4 жыл бұрын

J280 Productions Yeah he also idolized Greek War Heros such as Achilles and some believed (including himself) that he was descended from Achilles and Heracles (or Hercules as he is known in the west).

@j280productions6

4 жыл бұрын

spicy ahh ok thank you I never knew this information.

@Filonikis

3 жыл бұрын

@@ah925 And then a random Slav will write that Alexander the Great wasn't Greek but Slav!

@Annie-fc6sx

3 жыл бұрын

He slept with a copy under his pillow

My favorite fact is that Alexander was, above all else, a fair king and a good man, he brought only good things to the nations he conquered, saw everyone as equals and respected their culture, treated women with the utmost respect. He truly deserved to be called The Great.

@mikjanakiev4782

5 жыл бұрын

I wish the Greeks did that with the Macedonians today! But they do the opposite! Check the Greek Civil war and the Children Refugees of Macedonian Greece! How Ironic! They claim Alexander and Aristotle and yet, they're government is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!!!!

@nsaucier1988

4 жыл бұрын

snakecharmer2011 You’re spreading misinformation. It’s written in the book of Daniel in the Bible how respectful and gracious Alexander was. Multiple different sources written in his own time confirm how fair and good he was.

@andypham6335

3 жыл бұрын

A good man would burn peoples’ homes to the ground?

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

@@andypham6335 talking about Persepolis?

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmytwo-times4394 it was recorded that he deeply regretted doing that to Thebes, and henceforth granted any wish, however large, to any Theban who came to him with one. But they did deserve it lol.

Damn. This channel gives me more facts than my school

@MrDROXA

8 жыл бұрын

agree!

@brendanwasyluk5342

8 жыл бұрын

+Donald Trump #makeamericagreatagain

@robertvontoussaint5597

8 жыл бұрын

I hate you Donald trump.

@leonardohernandez5149

8 жыл бұрын

For reals though. X )

@pipokiko930

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Vontoussaint ALL HAIL TRUMP THE FUTURE RULER OF THESE 50 STATES

Near to the east In a part of ancient Greece In an ancient land called Macedonia Was born a son To Philip of Macedon The legend his name was Alexander

@gamedog3104

4 жыл бұрын

Up the iron, brother

@BasilTheBased

4 жыл бұрын

At the age of 19 He became the Macedon king And he swore to free all of Asia Minor!

@ele7864

4 жыл бұрын

By the agean sea in 334 B.C. he uttery beat the armies of Persia ALEXSANDER THE GREAT HIS NAME STRUCK FEAR IN TO HEARTS OF MEN ALEXSANDER THE GREAT BECAME THE LEGEND 'MONGST MORTAL MEN

@shizukajoestar614

3 жыл бұрын

Wait what song is that?

@giannarosize

3 жыл бұрын

@@shizukajoestar614 Alexander the great by iron maiden

"Alexander the immortal king. Ever since I was a boy I idolized this man. I wept at the base of his statue in Rome. At thirty, he was a god with an empire stretching across the known world. What have i done with my five long decades here on earth? So help me, gods!" - Julius Caesar

If only he had lived another decade, can you imagine it? The the whole world united under one man. Imagine what kind of civilisation such a world would have been produced.

@Temujin1991

3 жыл бұрын

@ravan king I'm afraid I don't know who that is.

@tanojiro

3 жыл бұрын

@ravan king Bullshit, Alexander at his 22 years has conquered entire nations and was fighting at the side of the strongest soldiers of that time, he was capable to bring enemy soldier to fight with him and spending their lives on it.

@user-ti2lr1fn3l

3 жыл бұрын

@ravan king he couldn’t conquer India because he wasn’t given the chance to. His men were cowards and they hesitated to take another land because it was hard to rule them all at once

@josephcosta5382

3 жыл бұрын

Defeating Greek satraps in battle, are not the same as defeating Alexander the great. Maurya was a great king in India but I doubt he would've been able to sack Alexander's Army/phalanx. They only left India because Alexander's troops were done war mongering. Lol. They were far from pussies like the gentleman said above, they were just tired of marching and fighting, thats all. If he did not respect the wishes of his soldiers, I think you'd be speaking differently of him. He was by far, the most brilliant field General the world has ever seen. He literally had no weaknesses on the battlefield. Militarys still use his tactics, thousands of years later. Lol. He is by far, the baddest mf that ever walked the planet, imo. Maurya was brilliant too, but I highly doubt he could take Alexander head on, in a war and defeat him..

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....

#1 He was great

@ASCG5000

8 жыл бұрын

WHAT!?!?!

@SenecaGray

8 жыл бұрын

+Panther14Killer Productions Smittywerberjagermanjensen?

@someonedude7463

8 жыл бұрын

+TOXIC GAMES yep

@lokei3477

8 жыл бұрын

*cough cough* give me some proof you fuck *cough cough*

@anonymousf4136

7 жыл бұрын

IWolfPackI he was great

για να βλεπω ελληνες!!!

@animemusiccentral7504

8 жыл бұрын

χαχαχαχα εδώ είμαστε! Έλληνες παντού!

@nikoskoutas9018

8 жыл бұрын

+Donnie Lover χαχαχχ ετσιιι!!

@thatoneguygr128

8 жыл бұрын

+nikolas koutas Ελλαδαρα

@nikoskoutas9018

8 жыл бұрын

+MrGreek Gamer ετσιι!!

@aiasragos4761

8 жыл бұрын

εχω την εντυπωση πως οι περισσοτεροι ξενοι δεν βλεπουν αυτο το βιντεο

*Claiming Alexandros was Macedonian and not Greek is like saying that Leonidas was Spartan and not Greek, Pericles was Athenian and not Greek or that Oedipus was Corinthian and not Greek...* Alexandros, whose name has an etymological meaning in both ancient and common modern Greek (Protector of men), was undoubtedly one of the Greatest Greeks.

@cindy11051995

5 жыл бұрын

The only thing I would say is that this is a point made from a modern standpoint where we think of ourselves as coming from a country and not a city in particular like we would say today that we are Greek or French but in Ancient Greece there wasn’t that clear of a unification especially with all the wars between cities happening in the Greek world so it is not a mistake to say that Leonidas was Spartan and Pericles was Athenian more than they were Greek as there is no proof that they considered themselves one people except when it came to comparing themselves to barbarians.

@hardcoredoom5892

5 жыл бұрын

The Spartans didn’t call themselves Greek, you moron. They saw themselves as foreign invaders to the land, which is why they were so paranoid and defensive. Take your dumb ass back to school.

@IoannisVintzi

5 жыл бұрын

@@cindy11051995 You make a huge mistake!!! Don't you know about the Ancient Olympic Games??? In these games, only greeks could take part. Also, a ancestor of Alexandre had won a hold medal in Olympic games and a lot of other ancestors of Alexandre the Great, and ever if I rember well Alexandre had. These are officially known because of natural proofs in stones (I mean names written in special stones). So they may were different City-State, but they were all greeks, although there were a lot of civil conflicts. But when it was necessary, they were united in order to defemd an enemy's attack as Persian's attack, or the war that greks from all the Greece took part in Troy. And lastly, in Alexandre's war campaign against Persian, they took part greek from everywere except Spartans for some reasons. So, they were all greeks, Philipe the 2nd was greek, Alexandre the Great was greek, MACEDONIA was and is GREEK!!!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

@albertrexhepaj8330

5 жыл бұрын

ALEZANDROY MEANING, ALBANIA ALE ZAN TROY, GREECE MEGALO KATARTITI, INGLES GREAT CONQUEROR, ITALI GRANDE CONCUISTATORE, ALEZANDROY IS WORD OF ALBANIA LANGUAGE.

@albertrexhepaj8330

5 жыл бұрын

MAKEDONIA MEANING, ALBANIA DIALECT, MAKE TONIA, MALE TONIA, GREECE VOUNA MAS, BULGARI PLANINA NASH, INGLES MOUNTAINS OUR, MAKEDONIA ANCIENT WAS ALBANIA TRIBE.

“Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.” - Alexander The Great

@jeromefoster7961

2 жыл бұрын

love is meant to be given not gained..

Not only did Greece conquer Persia, the thing that made it a lot more surprising is Persia was 40 times the size of Greece!

@ShyanTheLegend

8 жыл бұрын

the Arabs and Mongols did the same

@fliksn

Жыл бұрын

@@ShyanTheLegend while alexander did it it 15 yr and outnumberd

And still, you forgot to mentions the most important things that Alexander teach us with hes 3 final wishes on death ! 1. His physicians alone must" carry his coffin. 2. Secondly, he desire that the coffin to be carried to the grave, and on the the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which he collected in treasury. 3. Third and last wish is that both of hes hands be kept dangling out of coffin. When he was asked why this strange request's he answer: "I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor on this earth can really cure any body. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted. The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the path to the graveyard is to tell People that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life Greed of Power, earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth. About my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world".

@mariahminxx6524

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed at the end, they included a movie clip where his band dropped to his side and coins hit the floor. I wonder if that part of the movie was a nod to his words?

@RyogaEchizen

2 жыл бұрын

wow thank you so much

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC)

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!

One of the gratest fact for Alexandre the Great, the well known Greek personality, was his commands for something ehich would happen after his death. Firstly, he said to his nationals that in his funeral, he would be transported by his doctors in order to show that the medicine couldn't save his life (so humans can't prevent the will of god), he said that he wants to be put with his hands facing to the heaven and empty, ehich shows that he doesn't take anything to the other life, and lastly he said that he wants his nationals to through his money and his riches to the air and been scattered to the people to show that money stay in earth. All these 3 commands really happened in his funeral and they are really important as they teach us a lot. Sorry for my bad english. I hope someone knows what I say and he can say that in english better than me. 🇬🇷

@aleksandargapkovski8055

3 жыл бұрын

He is macedonian his father was from macedonia and stop saying that he is greek

@IoannisVintzi

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Are you crazy??? Macedonia was and is greek. As Spartans were Greek, as Athens was greek etc. Slavs came to Europe after 6th century AD.

@aleksandargapkovski8055

3 жыл бұрын

You have wrong history books🤦

@IoannisVintzi

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandargapkovski8055 How is that??? Explain me. I tell you that the grandfather of Alexander the Great and Alexander the Great himself have participated in Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, in which only Greeks could take part, and we know that since there is a a statue with their name on it, which means that Macedonians were Greeks, as Spartans were Greeks too. Also, Macedonians spoke Greek, they didn't have a separate language, as Spartans also spoke greek in a different dialect. Aristotle was Alexander's teacher who was also Greek.

@aleksandargapkovski8055

3 жыл бұрын

But Aleksandar is Macedonian and that's a fact I don't care if he participated in olimpic games he was king of greece and macedonia he could do whatever he wanted

*Alexander III of Macedon* (20/21 July 356 BC - 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as *Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas [a.lék.san.dros ho mé.gas], from the Greek ἀλέξω (alexō) "defend" and ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anēr) "man" and means "protector of men"iii[›])*, was a King (Basileus) of the *Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty, an ancient Greek royal house* . Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt into northwest India and modern-day Pakistan.He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.

@dovenwings4561

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh, macedon and macedonia are not the same thing, macedon is a city in greece, macedonia is a country

@welp4259

4 жыл бұрын

@Albanian Zeus her name was Olympiada and she was i think a Princess of a part of Greece

@welp4259

4 жыл бұрын

@@dovenwings4561 bruh you mean FYROM is a country learn history

@itsbritneybitch71

3 жыл бұрын

Gentian_ SK well Olympia is a Greek name ..I have never met any Slav or Albanian or Turk or Italian with such name ...Haven’t you heard of Olympic Games? It’s the same name! Only the name of u look at that’s the proof ...

@MustardSkaven

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsbritneybitch71 Slavs weren't even in that area until the 6th century.

Let me get this straight here. The ancient macedonians prior to Philipp were either a people that were closely related to the greeks or that were infact a greek tribe that spoke a greek dialect, even though they were often considered "barbarians". Despite the name and the flag, the modern country of "Makedonija" and its people have no relation to the old civilization since *it's culturally a slavic country*. The Slavs first came to the Balkan Peninsula in the sixth and seventh centuries AD. 800-900 years after the death of Alexander the Great. Alexander was through and through Greek. That should be NO question.

@denizmetint.462

7 жыл бұрын

Patrik Kuzava Apart from one vacation trip to Greece and a greek family that I know, I have no relation to the country. I'm interested in the ancient Greek civilization, yes. I clearly stated in my comment that the ancient people of Macedonia were either a people for itself or a tribe that was similar to the greeks culturally. My problem is that the new Slavic macedonians pretend that they have the closest relation to the old civilization just because of the fact that their demonym is "Macedonians" which is absolute bullshit.

@HaggisMacfee-JapanHouse

7 жыл бұрын

Patrik Kuzava Well the Macedonians are considered Greek because they were of Greek stock, they were Greek speakers, they had Greek place names, Greek Royal names, Greek personal names, Greek names for the months of the years, they worshipped Greek gods, They took part in the Olympic games where only Greeks could participate, they were declared 100% Greek by the Hellenodikai, who decided if your ass was Greek enough to take part in the Olympic games. The Macedonians themselves proudly proclaimed they were Greeks. The cultural milieu of the Macedonians was Greek, the temples they built were Greek, the coins they minted in their millions were Greek, the legacy they left behind from Egypt to India was Greek. I guess that makes them Greek

@HaggisMacfee-JapanHouse

7 жыл бұрын

Patrik Kuzava The population of Ireland speak English, but they also have their own native language of Irish Gaelic, that's why they have Irish names. Just like the Macedonians spoke Attic Greek but had their own native language of Doric Greek, to match their Greek names. The Macedonians participated in the Olympic games under Alexander l, that's almost 200 years before Philip came on the Throne, when Macedon was still a weak, backward feudal Hellenic state in northern Greece. They had to prove their Greek pedigree before being allowed to participate in the games.. Although the Macedonians claimed proudly that they were Greek. Aexander l of Macedon proclaimed himself, quote: _*"I [Alexander l] am by ancient descent......GREEK!!"*_ *_"It should be noted that there is NO CONNECTION between he ancient Macedonians pf Alexander the Great who were related to other Greek [Hellenic] tribes ............and the modern so-called "Macedonians" of today [of the FYROM] who are of Slavic origin and related to the Bulgarians"_* [David H Levinson, 'Encyclopaedia of World Cultures', p. 239]

@user-sz8zc2rb5z

7 жыл бұрын

Fyrom was named makedonia the last 20 years before that was called vardarska and other slavik names the makedonia propaganda originates from the bulgarian expantionism who wanted to seize Greek regions but failed.The fyromians speak an other form of bulgarian their country passed from the bulgary to the serbs and now after the fall of Gugoslavia they have the intentity isues so they chose to follow their old hate for Greece and claim makedonia as their name.Their country isnt in the same place as real makedonia

@ateto218

7 жыл бұрын

When the slavs came mate they mixed with the macedonian people, and bicouse they were barbaric (the slavs) the accepted some things from the old macedonians and the old maccedonians accepted their language et. so you cant think like that, if you wanna claim that alexander was greek at least claim the truth he is half greek half macedonian with his mother beeing olyimpya from epirus and phillip from macedon

the one thing that really interested me about him is that he conquered such a vast amount of land in such a short amount of time plus his ability ti inspire and respect people so much that people from all walks of life respected him.

We in Bulgaria learn in schools Macedonia is Greece and North Macedonia is Bulgarian

You forgot the fact that he lead his calvary charges at the front of the wedge being the first one to crash into the enemy. I think that deserves a spot.

@ForgottenInTheShadow

2 жыл бұрын

That's not true.

I am sitting in my chair for the last 2 hours watching the comment section arguing about if Alexander was Greek or not and if Macedonia was a part of Greece. Please let me answer those questions. Alexander was born in Pella July 356 B.C. He was one of the greatest conqueror of all times due to his military expertise and ideas. He created sarisa , a 6 meter spear, which gave him the advantage of fighting from a distance. One of the reasons why he is Greek is that he managed to enter the Olympics, something that only Greeks were able to do. He house , the House of Argead , was founded by the Argead dynasty , a dynasty from Thessalia. It is said the they moved from Thessalia because because the Dorians, another dynasty, kicked them of their territories. Then they moved norther and settled down to Macedonia creating a big ''clan''. If Fillips the second was not from then why the great orator Isocrates believed that he could bring the Panhellenic Idea to life ? He wouldn't if he wasn't. Which brings us to the conclusion that not only Alexander and his father were Greeks but all of the Macedonians who lived there also. And if some steal don't believe all of that OPEN A BOOK DAMMIT AND STOP PLAYING THE SMART ONE. Thank you .

@lukadoncic6143

8 жыл бұрын

Lol your so biased even ur dp is the greek flag

@lukadoncic6143

8 жыл бұрын

+Mario J123 and greece didnt even excist then, they were states so 😂

@frankydang5356

8 жыл бұрын

+Mario J123 The idea to create Greece existed before Alexanders. The Panhellenic Idea ? it was this. It was first sagested after the Persian war and they crated that idea so that they could face every enemy. But they already had the same language, religion and traditions before Fillips united them

@lukadoncic6143

8 жыл бұрын

+franky dang maybe the idea was there but macedonia was never part of the idea it was seperate and alexander was macedonian, like you greeks need to stop argueing and let macedonians have their name and flag😂 ignorant kid and country😂

@KiNGGAMESgr

8 жыл бұрын

+Mario J123 my friend his dna was reek not slavik and about you you are not macedonian or athenian or GREEK like he was and greece existed back then

It is very sad reading the comments that people are making based on zero historical facts and purely based on emotion and feeling. Macedon was an ancient city state in Greece. The location of Ancient Macedon is currently in modern day Greece. Alexander the Great was born in the Greek city state of Macedon. The people of Macedon spoke Greek and were culturally Greek, in fact they referred to themselves as Greeks. Alexander the Great was taught by the most well known Greek philosopher Aristotle. He wanted to unite the Greek City states under his rule, which he did. He then wanted to spread the Hellenic (which means Greek) culture to the East, which he did. He spoke Greek, lived in Ancient Greece, the Ancient ruins of Macedon are in Greece today and he famously stated that he wanted to spread the Hellenic culture to the East. The Slavic people have no relevance to his life in anyway. I am not sure how anyone can claim he was anything but Greek. These are the historical facts. Some of the comments on this video are so historical inaccurate its unbelievable and sad. Saying something doesn't make it true. Educate yourselves.

@saeedvazirian

7 жыл бұрын

He was a massmurderer, who cares if he was Macedonian or Greek. He died like a bitch.

@aaravhsaharan5233

7 жыл бұрын

Saeed Vazirian he had never loosed his battle and his wish to rule the world that make me sick about him👌

@antoniomickoski8567

6 жыл бұрын

Let me tell you something.. First google it the maps of Macedonia.. First ancient map, then the roman map, Byzantian map then map of the Otoman empire then you have Balkan wars maps the WW1 then WW2 what is common on theese maps? From the Balkans wars Greece trying to take parts of Macedonia and also forced Macedonian to learn Greek, something happend when Bulgarians came so.. i know what is what i dont need somebody to tell me who is who...Like historian i still go to Greece but because i am Macedonian i am not allowed to go in historian laboratory or seminars on Greek territory so for me Greek people are faggots who are afraid of truth Btw I can say i am Macedonian who take History DNK test and I am 60.34 % Ancient Macedonian, 14.97 % Greek, 24.58% Slavic i finish my University i get my Phd in History and Archaeology in Skopje 2016 on 22 years.. So Fuck you Idiot

@kristianalpha7533

6 жыл бұрын

You want us to get educated with Hellenic propaganda? He was Greek not Hellenic! If you want I can find the date when Hellenic emigrated in Balkan ! So open your mind and read American, British and French information instead of acting like slavs do, like ignorants!

@kristianalpha7533

6 жыл бұрын

Antonio Mickoski so that Ancient Macedonian part? You're trying to tell us you're Albanian ? Even Skopje is an Albanian city! Or sorry your Slavic republic doesn't allow you to admit that!

What about what Hephaestion meant to Alexander? That's quite interesting :)

@melancholyskittle

4 жыл бұрын

spinogurl123 spinogurl123 exactly!!! I came here seeing if they’d talk about but. Nope, apparently not. But at least I’m not the only one :)

@tAgJaCk3D

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's one of the most interesting and heartwarming stories about Alexander. He saw Hephaestion as more than his best friend, but like a part of himself. Also, the fact that Hephaestion's funeral is estimated to £1.5 bilions in comparison to modern time currency is pretty fascinating

@SilencedButNotForgotten

3 жыл бұрын

When you fight war after war together and exchange and asj opinions on everything you become like the best of friends. People who went to war may understand.

@morecowbell235

2 жыл бұрын

They probably don't want to talk about homosexual activities?

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there ....

Fact 11 He was 5'0(153cm) tall only. He was below average even for his time,his soldiers were like 5'3

@HadrielGaming177

3 жыл бұрын

Even Genghis Khan was 5'0

@curiousawang2688

3 жыл бұрын

@@HadrielGaming177 genghis is 5'7 -5,9

@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary

3 жыл бұрын

well that id uncertain since he looked short on his horse but he was stated tp actually be about as tall as darius the third if they stanf side by side

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

We don't know that. No ancient source specifies his height at all.

@miniboomdood

3 жыл бұрын

Big things come in small packages

Calling Alexander the Great Slavic-Macedonian is like saying that George Washington was Native American. Just because you live on the land now does not mean that you always have.

@Poleftaiger

8 жыл бұрын

+ASCG5000 thank you.

@diocles1743

8 жыл бұрын

finaly someone logical

@Kallypap

8 жыл бұрын

Logic!! thank u!!!

@87degreez

8 жыл бұрын

Who is calling him a Slavic?

@chrisstamatis3570

6 жыл бұрын

The people of FYRO"M" claim that they are not Slavs, but they are Macedonians and that Macedonians were not Greeks but a seperate ethnic group. Greatest science fiction movie ever.

to all the people who say that Alexander The Great was from Fyrom: *HIS WAS NOT* Your language is completely different from Greek ...you are slav , just like Poland , Serbia , Russia etc.

@DacLMK

8 жыл бұрын

+Almost Everything Nope!

@sanos999

8 жыл бұрын

+Dac DT-HD Yep .. deny history all you want you just seem completely fucking deluded because we All know the Macedonians were greek ethnics and not slavs, they used the fucking greek alphabet in their texts to write. Not slavic which came about literally millenia later.

@DacLMK

8 жыл бұрын

sanos999 Nope!

@rafailara7149

8 жыл бұрын

ok then, could you tell us the historical background of your country?Of course i mean before the birth of Christ

@sanos999

8 жыл бұрын

Dac DT-HD Lol, so desperate for your own history that you flat out deny facts to make your own self seem more significant

World's greatest military leader.

@chibiemo100

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Genghis Khan is

@ppap9818

4 жыл бұрын

@David -01 khalid bin waleed?

@barbatvs8959

4 жыл бұрын

@@chibiemo100 Mongols conquered China when it was DIVIDED. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire when it was UNITED. Genghis didn't even live to see China conquered.

@spirit1219

4 жыл бұрын

My opinion 1Julius Caesar 2 Alexander the Great. 3 Genghis Khan. 4 Napoleon Bonaparte. 5 Hanibbal

@ppap9818

4 жыл бұрын

@@spirit1219 what about khalid?he never lost a single battle

Greetings from Macedonia, Greece 🇬🇷

Alexander spread Greek culture and ,yet, Slavs still call themselves Macedonians...

@dimixdanou

8 жыл бұрын

+Absolute barbaric here in Greece nobody and I mean no life calls it Macedonia we call it FYROM as the real Macedonia is here

@aiasragos4761

8 жыл бұрын

+Dimitra Chatziiordanou yeah!

@stavros8410

8 жыл бұрын

+xImperium What are you talking about?

@jordanarmeno8331

8 жыл бұрын

i live near FYROM and it means (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

@DacLMK

8 жыл бұрын

+xImperium Not true. Macedonians back then weren't greeks. When the Slavs arrived on the balkans they mixed with the old Macedonians.

Alexander through his conquers took the wisdom of the ancient Greece and made it universal. It is thanks to him that Aristotle, Plato etc are so important in the Western World today. Proud to be Greek

Gordian Knot: *Exists* Alexander: "I about to end this mans whole career"

0:02:46 Alexander: *_"It has always been our Greek dream to go east"_*

@aleksandargapkovski8055

3 жыл бұрын

He was macedonian

@apostolis07

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Keep crying

@aleksandargapkovski8055

3 жыл бұрын

@@apostolis07 Why would I? Do I look like a baby like you?

@angelo_ha

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksandargapkovski8055 Macedonia is Greek my guy😂😂

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

Great video, amazing work. Let's help this channel become even bigger, they deserve it.

@Bobby-ud4xk

8 жыл бұрын

they have 11.5 mio subscribers already

he is the greatest of all greeks because he unified the greece against persia

@mickloving

7 жыл бұрын

diamantidis 13 He didn't unifying Greece I'm tired of people giving him credit for everything, his father Bilippos united Greece Alexander did not!

@mickloving

7 жыл бұрын

Find a better source Wikipedia is awful for finding information.

@jovanapeneva

7 жыл бұрын

МАКЕДОНЕЦ БРЕ

@Antonytz

5 жыл бұрын

Bilippos ? who was he? sure not his Vather dude

@longdragon9499

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander inherit strong Greek army from his father. He clearly did not unify the Greeks

Thank very much for this video!!!

My school sent me homework and I thought it was gonna get boring fast but their link took me to this, just made my day better

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

A shame that hephaestion was never mentioned.

@michelleperez2433

8 жыл бұрын

I know right!!!!

@rjjacob101

8 жыл бұрын

+athanos lee I know, I was bummed out. :(

@Johnny12575

6 жыл бұрын

athanos lee yeah. He was hia best friend. I bet they didn't mention him since modern people only tend to sexualize friendships between men, even when there is absolutely no proof of anything like that.

@remiborgen8925

6 жыл бұрын

It’s ridiculous how little mentioning this relevant fact has been said.

I love that you used clips from the Black Stallion in here; I saw that film when I was nine and I never forgot the story of Bucephalus. Sad there was no mention of Hephaestion, though.

How is he “might be apart of a plot to kill his father king” a fact?

@crimmerz2000

4 жыл бұрын

Its a fact that its not a fact so they're not wrong i guess idk

@png2004

4 жыл бұрын

crimmerz nope. It’s either if a fact that he did or he didn’t. Not it’s a fact that he might be. Wtf is that?

@png2004

4 жыл бұрын

crimmerz so this can be a fact. It a fact that he might not have plotted to kill his father. See how that works?

@crimmerz2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@png2004 well if we dont know. Then its fact that we dont know

@png2004

4 жыл бұрын

crimmerz that just open a whole lot of windows. If you’re fine with that then that’s not good.

#11 persian women are not black(no offence to my black friends♡)

@princenimbalkar96

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@kimphilby7999

4 жыл бұрын

You are beautiful enough but not old enough,to be Parysatis,the wife of Dareus...

@popcornistorturedcorn

4 жыл бұрын

Persian women not being black is my favourite fact about Alexander the Great

@popcornistorturedcorn

4 жыл бұрын

@@kimphilby7999 yikes dude

@tc2334

4 жыл бұрын

The actress who played her isn't technically black either. Also, there are tons of dark-skinned Persians, so just because they didn't have an actress with white skin playing an ancient Persian princess doesn't mean it's impossible that she actually did have darker skin.

People those days be like hey I am from Alexandria and I came in Alexandria yesterday. But I like Alexandria more than Alexandria.

Just clear some confusion for people who don't know. Alexander the Great was Macedonian and in ancient Macedonia just like Athens and Sparta and Crete, they spoke their respective Greek dialect, followed the Greek gods and had their traditions. Now, in modern time, the people who call their nation Macedonia are slavic tribes that settled around Greece and the real Macedonia(in Greece), between 500 to 900 BC.. They have nothing to do with Alexander the Great or the ancient empire of Macedonia. They are just confused people because when they came in and settled the Greeks in the area taught them about their history and now thousands of years later they think it's theirs.

@Aquillius

8 жыл бұрын

Damn right, fake assholes

@sanos999

8 жыл бұрын

Yep, deluded... one correction it was ad not bc :)

@ph9692

5 жыл бұрын

exactly!!

@role6159

4 жыл бұрын

@@ph9692 so you think when slavs came they didn't mix with Greeks who already lived there? Yes they did and the slav genom take advantage of Greek and nowadays we have there a strange mix of people who are part of Greek, Slavic and ottomans and they call themselves Macedonians, l see nothing wrong with that

@ph9692

4 жыл бұрын

@@role6159 im not talking about the people that are mixed im talking about people that got nothing but nothing to do with Greek blood and history and even culture at all...and they are claiming the history that doesnt belong to them..u cant be totally slavic and claim u are the descended of Alexander the great..!!u just cant do that..this claim is in action for the last 20 years now.. .why didnt they claim the name and history before ..??and they claim it now after 4 centuries..u canot even claim something. u have no idea about....when u dont even know the meaning of the word ure claiming....its like me living in the states claiming that im a native Indian American while im from Greece!!

I am from greece and we learn many things about Alexander and all Good great job

Alexander u are Slav? Alexander: who are the slavs...lol

@neoklispapadopoulos3086

3 жыл бұрын

Good one 😂🇬🇷☦️

@deanobonitop1610

3 жыл бұрын

Oreo 👌

@MustardSkaven

3 жыл бұрын

@Spartan_Of_ Serbia ! Slavs existed but didn't travel that far south until the 6th century.

@user-sr1rt3cd3o

3 жыл бұрын

Не сум давала за право да ми располагате со гравот 🇲🇰

@stayrospaparunas3062

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sr1rt3cd3o Alexander what language u talk ? Alexander: Hellenic Me:Do u want to wait two priestd Kyrilos n Methodios to speak Slavics? A:How i must wait? Me:About 1100 yeard A:Are u serious?i must go to conquer Persians speak Hellenics

dude my social studies teacher showed this in class and I died 😅

@Iusedtobehappy_

3 жыл бұрын

I’m watching this for ss lol

@osamabinladen824

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there .....

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = The family of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. This last, according to the data, had a Macedonian father, but not his mother. She was called Eurydice and came from the tribe of "Lyncestides". Who was the grandmother on the side of the father of Alexander the Great? The mother of Philip is the daughter of the daughter Of Arrhabaeus, daughter of king Sirras, says Strabo. Plutarch is very detailed on this subject. He insists that although Eurydice is Illyrian (🇦🇱) and barbarian in every sense of the word, she was educated to help children. He says very clearly that she is Illyrian, and barbaric in every way. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis. p.69) Lyncestides from where came the mother of Philip II, were a tribe which extended not far from the lake of Ohrid, somewhere in the area of Manastir where the ruins of one of their most important cities are today. (Illyrian, no doubt. It is the last province that has a border with Macedonia) As for whether it was an Illyrian tribe, this is clearly proven by ancient historians and geographers, including Titus Livy, Strabo, as well as Pliny who lists many in detail in the fourth book of the collection of 37 works entitled "Natural History", not to mention the great ancient geographer "Claudius Ptolemy" who also classifies the Lyncestrae among the Illyrian tribes . And the later authors have the same attitude since on several occasions, they mention Eurydice, the mother of Philip II and the grandmother of Alexander, as being illyrian etc... Here what Demosthenes says to us about Philip II of Macedonia (father of Alexander the Great): - "And yet, with regard to Philip and his conduct, they don't feel that way, although he's not Greek and he's not related to the Greeks at all..." (The third Filipino) By Demosthenes (384-322 BC).

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great. But who was this woman who is said to have astonished the Macedonian king with her beauty ? I will write based only on facts, that is, on the quotes of famous ancient authors, mainly Greek. ( For me there is one thing in history, which with the facts are not said ... ) According to Plutarch, Alexander was a descendant of Ajax through his father Neoptolemos and this is accepted without discussion. According to Justin, Philip married Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, king of the Molosses. All the authors thus agree on the fact that Alexander the Great was the grandson of a Molossian. For those who do not know this tribe (the Molossians), who were they, what territory did they occupy and how were they considered by the ancient authors ? Let us stop for a moment to know more about the tribe of the Molossians from which the mother of Alexander the Great came. To make it simple, the tribe of Molossians is in Epirus somewhere in the region of Chamerie on the back of Thesprotians who dominated the coastal part. In addition to this, the Kaons who were in the south of present-day Albania and who constituted three of the great tribes of Epirus. Historically, tribes like the Molossians or others who composed Epirus like the Kaons, the Thesprotians, the Paraue, the Antintans and others, are historically linked to the Illyrian (🇦🇱) culture or to a part of it. As Thucydides tells us about the events of the Peloponnesian War that involved both actually in reality Illyrians and Illyria itself, these tribes were commonly considered barbarian (non-Greek) tribes. Thucydides: - "Among the barbarians there were about 1,000 Kaons who ruled without a king. Along with the Kaons, the Thesprotians also participated and were also ruled without a king. There were also the MOLOSSIANS, the Atintants and the Paraues. ( HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ) All these tribes, mentioned by the historian of Athenian origin Thucydides for their participation in the famous Peloponnesian war in the 5th century B.C., are considered as barbarians, therefore not Greek! ( Thucydides II, 80- IV, 126 ) The Kaons, the Thesprotians of Chamerie, the Arintans and the Parauets constitute the backbone of what one called Epirus. Among them are of course the Molossians where are the roots of the family of the mother of Alexander the Great ! And Thucydides is not the only source which defines the Epirotes as non-Greeks. There are many others! According to the encyclopedia Basic Antiquity, composed of 86 volumes... Pauly Wissowa the Real "Encyclopedia Alterumswissenschaft" says that the Epirotes are of Illyrian origin 🇦🇱 and have strong links with the population of southern Italy! More concise on the issue, the only Nobel Prize in history 🎓 is none other than Theodor Mommsen author of the cycle "Corpus of Antiquity inscriptions" which says that: - "the brave Epirotes, the Albanians 🇦🇱 of antiquity supported with traditional loyalty the young and brave Pyrrhus or "the Eagle" as they called him " . Let us point out on this subject that the Albanians name themselves "Shqiptar", that is to say "sons or children of the eagle". The soldiers of Pyrrhus (3rd century BC / Epirote King), called their King "the Eagle" and that the latter retroqued them one day that they were his "children", so the Albanians are the children of the Eagle ... "Shqiptar = child of the Eagle .... " . (Pyrrhus was the cousin of Alexander the Great, of the Molossian tribe and himself an ambitious conqueror, Pyrrhus is one of the most formidable adversaries of the early days of ancient Rome). Lorenzo Braccesi (Professor of Greek History at the University of Venice, Italy, in 1986) tells us: - "Olympias was originally from Epirus, on the part of the father who was king of Epirus, on the part of the mother also and that Illyrian blood 🇦🇱 circulated in the family, there is no doubt. " ( 9,01- 9,15 . The true story of Alexander the great ... - Gjurmë Shqiptare ) That the Epirotes are or are not Illyrians is a discussion that, from an archaeological point of view, is resolved. The Epirotes and the Illyrians have the same culture, if we consider the Iron Age, the use of tombs, fortifications with several rows of walls, their material culture, the shape of the pots or the ornaments which are identical to those of Korça (current Albania) and religion. Not only ancient authors like Thucydides, Strabo and others have called the Epirotic tribes barbarians (non-Greek) but also later serious publications based on documents and archaeological findings point out the same thing. The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and the sister . The Molosses, were one of the Illyrian tribes of Epirus from where came the mother of Alexander the Great Olympias daughter of the king and sister of another well known Illyrian prince "Alexander the Molossus". I believe that all or part of the strong character of Alexander comes exactly from his mother, from the house that also gave birth to Pyrrhus. The powerful role of women in Illyrian society has been documented by many authors, including those who today identify themselves as Greeks, such as Athenaeus and Theompope. Olympias' influence on her son Alexander was so great. She believed that her son had divine blood and that he was born to rule the greatest kingdom of all time. But the mother's family was not the only Illyrian family to which Alexander was affiliated, his link with the Illyrians was stronger than that!.

He was poisoned... nobody wanted to follow him in his conquest... the soldiers were too tired, but his ambitions never disappeared. He's still the greatest Greek / Macedonian LEGEND ♡♡

@avismoon

3 жыл бұрын

I think he just lost the battle but was too embarrassed to admit it so made up this story.

@saeedvazirian

3 жыл бұрын

He was defeated by Persians, that's how he died.

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

@@avismoon he didn't fight any battles towards the end of his life. It looks like he was poisoned.

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

@@saeedvazirian nice fantasy.

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

i studied him, hes my favorite historical figure but never knew about the eye colors ty

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

@wanka wanka No to what sorry? Please elaborate if you even can lol.

@towardsheaven4196

2 жыл бұрын

@@turiguliano416 that's some bullshit... Did you dig up all that evidence in your toilet?

@carsonly7723

2 жыл бұрын

@@towardsheaven4196 Only Indians says that Alexander lost even though Porus doesn't exist in their history. Who losses has a right to be mad. 😂🤣😂🤣

My both parents were born in Ohrid Town, they are of Slavic descent! My father always tought me, as did my Grandfather who was a history professor, that Alexander was a Hellenic (Greek) King, son of Philip (the one eyed)! We,Serbs from former Yugoslav republic Macedonia, have never claimed that Alexander was of Slavic descent! Slavic people came to the Balkans in 6th century AD !

@DedoBozhe

4 жыл бұрын

Nice try you silly greek hahaha

@pashapasovski5860

4 жыл бұрын

@@DedoBozhe yeah my last name is Greek, hahahaha! I have no problem being Greek,but I am a US citizen who hails from Serbia, Belgrade!

@DedoBozhe

4 жыл бұрын

@@pashapasovski5860 Seems to me that you lost all roots and don't even know where you belong now, but ok whatever floats your boat man if you wanna be a slav be a slav just don't speak for all of my people. G'day.

@pashapasovski5860

4 жыл бұрын

@@DedoBozhe I am what ever I say I am!🥊

@GM4mp035

4 жыл бұрын

FYR Macedonians derive from Bulgarians.

Alexander the Great, the greatest of the Hellenes!

@welp4259

4 жыл бұрын

Bravo you know history 👍 i don't want to be offensive its a complement

@kleidicani

4 жыл бұрын

He was half Macedonian half Albanian hos mother was albanian

@barbatvs8959

4 жыл бұрын

@@kleidicani I'm considering the theory that he was part Illyrian or Thracian. His hair was part blond (the rest black, like an Asiatic lion's mane). I used to say that made no sense if he was Greek, but if he's only PART-Greek, it works.

@hattorihaso2579

4 жыл бұрын

Macedon*

@alexandrak6648

4 жыл бұрын

@@hattorihaso2579 Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a]

I've got two blue eyes and one brown eye. Beat that, Alexander the Great!

@Saiputera

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@elizabethlopez5551

8 жыл бұрын

your comment made my day!

@connorsanford7910

8 жыл бұрын

I have one blue one green and one brown beat that cosmicSS

@moishcan8056

8 жыл бұрын

I don't get it.

@gelisgeo1309

7 жыл бұрын

Armenian metal Alexandros had one blue and one brown eye .. (iris heteroctomia ) so because of that many people in his time believe that he he has smthng Godlike

Alexander's horse was named Βουκεφάλας in greek . That in English translates to ox-head / horse-body because he had a strange mark like an ox on his neck . I am from Greece and I am very proud of my country's history !!!

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

I love history.

How are these facts when you say "the story goes..."?

@saeedvazirian

3 жыл бұрын

because they aren't.

No mention of one of Alexander the Great's favourite books Cyropaedia? Cyropaedia is a biography of Cyrus the Great of Persia written by Xenophon a highly respected Athenian soldier and historian, who was also a student of Socrates. Actually do a list of top 10 leaders influenced by Cyropaedia. It would include Alexander, Caesar, Scipio, etc.

Hello Scopians from the real Makedonia 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

@glorytoserbia4018

4 жыл бұрын

Mrs bre 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

@UltimateHomoLord

4 жыл бұрын

@@glorytoserbia4018 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

@glorytoserbia4018

4 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateHomoLord 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

@UltimateHomoLord

4 жыл бұрын

@@glorytoserbia4018 Greece's better than Scopje

@glorytoserbia4018

4 жыл бұрын

@@UltimateHomoLord skopje*

One of the most important things to know about Alexander the Great is the Oath of Alexander which he wrote in 324BC. Here he talks about a unified peaceful civilized world where people are measured by the virtue and not their race ethnicity or background. If you haven't seen it I encourage you to look it up. It is so important because even today it gives us so much to which to aspire.

All Greeks are so proud that Alexander was Greek

@jackspedicy2388

8 жыл бұрын

+Pane Dosev yes,Macedonia is in Greece

@hrival3901

8 жыл бұрын

His father was greek. In that time macedonians were greeks

@AEvangelias

8 жыл бұрын

+Pane Dosev lmao how's the brainwashing education system coming along fam

@Allfound12

8 жыл бұрын

Macedonia was not part of Greece. That was an issue of major debate and the evidence that stands out is that the Greeks did not let Macedonians compete in the OIympics. The only people from Macedonia that could compete were the royal family because they traced their lineage to Herakles.

@AEvangelias

8 жыл бұрын

Corben Van Riper It wasn't PART of Greece, but they were Greek culturally in every single way. The area was indeed part of modern day Greece

This man right here is making me feel extremely proud that im Greek

@herrwegner7860

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you proud for? Because Alexander the Great and ancient Macedonian Kingdom destroyed greece?

@apostolis07

3 жыл бұрын

@@herrwegner7860 Well maybe because he UNITED it and destroyed those who were against it, defeated the Persians and spread the Hellenic culture with his empire across the world starting what we know as the Hellenistic period. Try to tell me he wasn't Hellenic now

@bruh3128

3 жыл бұрын

@@herrwegner7860 Macedonians never destroyed Greece. In fact, MACEDONIANS WERE GREEK. MACEDONIA WAS AN ANCIENT GREEK KINGDOM

@saeedvazirian

2 жыл бұрын

@@apostolis07 'destroyed those who were against it and defeated Persians' first mistake, the Persians won that war. he died while the Persians were in open rebellion, that's what makes the Persians the victors. Being against a terrorist genocidal culture is a good thing. greek antiquity culture no longer exists because the Persians thankfully annihilated it.

True and full name of alexander the great need in homework. Thank you!!

ALEXANDER THE GREATEST GREEK WE LOVE YOU PROUD TO BE GREEK

@johnzxddg6153

6 жыл бұрын

He truly was! You Greeks have Alexander,Leonidas,Themistokles,Hercules and goes on.... I envy you

@johnzxddg6153

6 жыл бұрын

Aquatic Exactly, Macedonian means Greek you dumb bulgarian! 4:03 "i Alexander the Greek"

@aleksk4151

5 жыл бұрын

And Bulgarians have SPARTACUS, Simeon the GREAT, Khan KRUM, KALOYAN the Greekslayer

@frankies7468

5 жыл бұрын

@@aleksk4151 Spartacus was 700 years before Bulgaria...

@aleksk4151

5 жыл бұрын

@@frankies7468 Spartacus is a Thracian from Bulgaria

I have a green eye and a blue eye hurrah for heterochromia.

Alexander --> Alexandros (transliterated from the Ancient Greek Αλέξανδρος). A compound word that consists from "Αλέξω" (transliterated as Alexo, meaning "to repel") and "Ανδρος" (transliterated as Andros, from the word Andras meaning "man"). So Alexandros --> the one who repels men. Each and every archeological evidence that contains his name is written in Ancient Greek. Absolutely nothing to do with the Slavic language or any of its dialects. I feel sorry for Skopjans. Since 1912 or so, they have spread an immense propaganda all over the globe, in their desperate effort to usurp the name, and thus the history and identity of Macedonia. It must be extremely painful to hate your own identity and try to steal that of someone else. However, history is not written with lies, such as the ones that are found in their 500+ falsified books with which they have infested the libraries in various Universities (particularly in the US) or in their ridiculous claims that have zero historical, archeological and linguistic evidence. For each and every person who has some degree of intelligence, has the ability to do some research and come up with an answer. It must be really hard to be born and grow up in a country that has lied to you extensively to such a degree that you are literally incapable of seeing the truth, i.e. the abundance of serious, academic research, true to the spirit of knowledge that has been conducted regarding Macedonia and Alexander the Great. I think it's like those poor guys that live in North Korea that have been brain washed to such an extent that a different reality is simply unfathomable. Only after they manage to escape their slavery do they realize the nature of their nightmare. As for the Greeks, modern or ancient ones.. Greeks were never racists, so our reaction has nothing to do with extreme right-wing political notions. Nor do we keep the light of the western civilization solely for us. It was, is, and forever will be free for all people who have eyes to see what it's all about. You are free to do so as well.

@sabinarybczynska228

4 жыл бұрын

Its good you are no racist but you dont have 100% sure its today Greece is the same Greece like 2500 years ago.Is almost impossible.Greece not exist in european map 2000 years,they are occupated by roman empire,byzantium and turkish.They blood was mixed.After 2000 years occupated they took history of ancient hellada (hellada is greece who exist in this teritory 2000 years ago) and all world say :yes this is nowa days Greece.But tidays Greece mayby is not ancient Greece like todays Macedonia its not ancient Macedonia and ancient Persia its not todays Iran.

@UltimateHomoLord

4 жыл бұрын

@J M Fyrom : Bulgarians by God "Macedonians" by Tito

@UltimateHomoLord

4 жыл бұрын

@J M propaganda from Tito

@UltimateHomoLord

4 жыл бұрын

@J M 😁😁😁🇲🇰👉♿

@miccha21

3 жыл бұрын

@@sabinarybczynska228 things change facts don't, ancient Macedonians were a Greek speaking, Greek writing, Greek God worshipping Greek tribe. Races all countries get mixed over the years, but at least in Greece we still speak Greek.

Fun fact: Alexander was once judging a male's dance competition. When the winner walked across the stage in front of the entire audience to sit with Alexander, the audience actually began to shout KISS! KISS!! KISS!!!, Because the winner was very hot, so they did kiss in front of the audience, and Alexander invited back to his palace.

@babybear7833

3 жыл бұрын

oh really? that was hot...

@niggachuu3391

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Fitzpatrick bruh im crying

@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary

3 жыл бұрын

alexander did gay stuff huh....

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

You got everything right except the claim that Alexander invited him back, and that he was the judge. He wasn’t the judge- he just happened to be there, and he didn’t invite him back. Also, the Macedonians weren’t shipping them- Alexander was the Persian king, and it was an honour to be kissed by the king for the Persians. Again, it was not that the dancer was hot, but because he was popular among the Macedonians that they cheered and egged him to kiss him. Nice retelling though, lol, I enjoyed the narration.

@jimboonie9885

3 жыл бұрын

I love ancient greece and how goof it was

I love how Alexander the Great was both a badass and he proved he was a military genius and he was just awesome

#11 iron maiden wrote an awesome song about him

@michelleperez2433

8 жыл бұрын

what's it called??

@psteeg3551

8 жыл бұрын

Michelle Perez I'm not sure but I thought it was called something with "alexander" and with "great"

@kevintwin7777

6 жыл бұрын

psteeg hahahahha

@noriakikakyoin1423

6 жыл бұрын

Michelle Perez dont give a fuck how old the comment is but the song is literally called alexander the great

@butchpfaf4358

5 жыл бұрын

psteeg Alexander told me to tell you to kick John's ass.He been talking shit about Phil!Render a blow to his eye and knock him out.I checked,Your favorite family member will give you money upon completion.Trump is behind you lad!Do it so the universe will achieve balance!Every one will bow before you.The nobel peace prize is with in your grasp!

GUYS I GOT THE CAUSE OF DEATH: He saw the future. That Slavic-Muslim breeds would call him his ancestor. He died from depression. And laughter after he took it less seriously

@rogerpropes7129

7 жыл бұрын

He had been wounded in the lungs at the battle of Hydaspes, no wonder he died of a fever.

@sherlockianfannibal3280

7 жыл бұрын

Tom Williams LMAO

@alphol6487

7 жыл бұрын

Kako Mohammed Oh alright then continue to praise your plunderer and pedofile prophet Muhammad

@Miuranger1

7 жыл бұрын

T0m01 lmao...that was years AGoO shows you have no defend against me son

@neYroDz25

6 жыл бұрын

Can i know why Muslims would call him their ancestors ? Do you have a disease named "Islam" you have to mention it in every video ? Muslims have great leader through history , no need to steal from others , leave your problem with Slavic

Fascinating video, thanks! My one regret is that it didn't touch on Hephaestion or Bagoas.

It's so funny seeing Albanians and Slavs from Vardarska, FYROM (or whatever that country is called nowadays) trying to appropriate Greek History each for their own 😂😂😂 Keep entertaining us guys. Best comedy show i've seen in a while.

Alexander was greek. There is ton of evidence, if historical facts are taken into consideration, that confirm his origins.

@RoderickVI

8 жыл бұрын

he was macedonian in origin although back then it was part of greece

@frankydang5356

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Exarchakos yes

@Elstocks21

8 жыл бұрын

+Paramone Gaming with other words, his dna was greek and not slavic.

@thatoneguygr128

8 жыл бұрын

+Mr Marko not again you!He was GREEK idiot

@blackfireoffire

8 жыл бұрын

Macedonian* Macedon at the time was much farther south than it is today.

I conquered Asia before I was 16... That extra 7 troops a turn was too good to pass up

Alexander the great 🇬🇷🇬🇷🙏🏻🙏🏻🇬🇷

@nrDefarioBLF

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidadem1390 Macedonians were Greeks so yeah he was greek gypsy western bulgarian :)

@davidadem1390

4 жыл бұрын

@@nrDefarioBLF THE REAL MACEDONIA IS HERE🇲🇰 FAKE MACEDONIA HERR🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈

@nrDefarioBLF

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidadem1390 Learn english gypsy xD and the real macedonia is here in Greece fyrom is just a bulgarian state with fake history everyone accepts that bastardonski xD

@progamerbufovi

3 жыл бұрын

@@nrDefarioBLF nope macedonia is macedonia and will forever be macedonia love from macedonia from pro gamer to tasos anas bye my friend

@nrDefarioBLF

3 жыл бұрын

@@progamerbufovi Hahahaha prove it gypsy

my favourite fact;HE NEVER LOST A BATTLE

Alexander the Great's probable cause of death; He chocked on a ham sandwich.

@Saiputera

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao that must be your mama jokes. HAHAHHAHA

@jonn_mace_80_95_

8 жыл бұрын

Ryan lex ;-)

Alexander the Great must be one of the greatest leaders of all time.

@V-q8is

3 жыл бұрын

@Arian Jangali He was not a bad human being. He had far more ethics than the kings of his time. While kings were looting cities and raping women of the cities they conquered, he condemned prostitution and the sexual assault of women during wars. He gave high positions in his empire to deserving women. He condemned corruption and tomb looting. He respected other cultures. He adapted the cultures of the places he was staying in. He stripped himself of money and used it all for his people. Yes, he had his flaws, but Alexander was indeed great. He was far better than most of the kings during his time, in terms of ethics.

I am greek and he is my favourite historical figure

Alexander was Greek,his name is Greek,his father was Greek,his teacher was Aristotle,he was speaking Greek and spread Hellenism everywhere

@sotospan8409

5 жыл бұрын

Naruto Uzumaki hahahahahha , he was Greek my friend. Greek , Greek and Greek. Accept it

@edydon

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a little confused. Wasn't ancient Macedonia in what is now the Balkans?Although he embraced Hellenic culture, as every country around Greece did.

@Raximus3000

5 жыл бұрын

edydon It's called Balkan Peninsula Macedonia is part of it and acient Macedonia were one of the many greek states.

@okk2776

5 жыл бұрын

No, I thought and still know him as Macedonian, which isn't the same.

@okk2776

5 жыл бұрын

@Δήμιος Okay, thanks to tell me! I didn't know. But I guess Macedonian is kinda right. More specific.

Alexander III of Macedon is truly a inspirational historical figure.

@user-po6hn9id1t

7 жыл бұрын

DeathCreationist definitely

@alvingill3403

6 жыл бұрын

I strive to live my life by the example he lived his life...always lead from the front never back down no matter how great the odds may be

The name of the horse is not a random weird name ΒΟΥΚΕΦΑΛΑΣ means cattle head, VuKefalas. We still use the word vous, for cows and cattle. Kefali is the head in Greek. So Alexander named his horse CowHead. It means they had humour, they were normal humans and apparently the horse was stubborn as a mule. To a Slav like the people in Skopje, or to an Albanian, those names have no meaning, as for the English speakers and in general the non Greek speakers. But ask any professor who teach Greek and will tell you the meaning of the name. Here is the etymology en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucephalus Everything about Macedonian is Greek, even the name of their animals! How can you people dispute those simple basic knowledge just to make happy the Albanian Slavs in Skopje? Why Alexander didnt give a Slavic name like Igor, Slavo, Vladimir, Boris, etc? Why he named his horse in Greek? Simple logical questions. Its like the President of the USA to name his dog Yokohama, or Shinichi, japanese names. This is the cultural difference between the slavs and the Greeks. We dont understand each other at all, except few words like mama, papa. Please everyone respect history, treat it as science please.

@Rd-xq4oy

5 жыл бұрын

Albanian Slavs?????you should open the history book

@montreal41

4 жыл бұрын

And there was a city for into Asia named after it

@RobertGarcia-yq4es

4 жыл бұрын

Bucefalus significa doble cabeza

@user-fx9mv1yv5w

4 жыл бұрын

Klement Cuka arvanites are not Albanians though

@constantinoalexandre2768

4 жыл бұрын

@Giannis Stathakis a inveja para seu povo sempre foi grande.Alemaens ln galeses russos que outr os varvaros ainda prospathoun na amavrosoun tin Elliniki isto ria. Min tous afinete

Alexander the Great spoke Greek

Another fun fact: He thought himself to be a son of Zeus, and was often called Zeus-Ammon.

One of the best Heroes of Hellas! Respect!He made known the hellenic language and culture across asia! so much thankful to him, he made Hellas great and punished the invaders persians that had attacked his homeland before. I heard of some yugoslavs claimed to be his descendants... Some slavs, Their propaganda has succeeded. They made the whole world call their country 'Macedonia', some slavs. They don't even know what name macedonia means. and it's actually Makedonia(ancient hellenic word) as all makedonian names,Alexander, for example, or Philipus ect. They were a tribe from Argus(south Greece) that migrated to north greece and makedonian means 'tall man'. I don't need anyone to tell me that Makedonians were Hellenes, I know History and history tells me that they were Greeks. People from Sparta were called Spartans, people of Athens Athenians, people of Korinthos Korinthians and people of Makedonia were called Makedons. All of them were speaking the Hellenic language, believing in the Greek Gods, And had hellenic consciousness. I think I don't have to mention something else. Just don't call Fyrom macedonia. They steal greek history. Bye bye!

@Kallypap

8 жыл бұрын

😊😊😊

@87degreez

8 жыл бұрын

lmfao

@nickmargioris9655

8 жыл бұрын

+tobi - Waste of oxygen why dont you bring any argument supporting your fantasies?

@87degreez

8 жыл бұрын

nikos margioris Because I don't want to lose my precious time with gypsy gayreeks like you..

@nickmargioris9655

8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the amazing arguments tobi -

I laugh so hard when I see that FYROM people think that they are Macedonians but the real fact is when Alexander born they didn't even existed

@robertbb1683

6 жыл бұрын

you laugh so hard because your dumb lol

@gamerextreme1204

6 жыл бұрын

PANOS LS CREW screw your self

@johndiakakis4357

6 жыл бұрын

Robert b b Ancient Macedonia was a Hellenic kingdom, such as Epirus or Cyrene (and technically Sparta, with two kings ruling simultaneously). Alexander (and the Macedonians) spoke Greek (a Doric dialect of Greek), wrote in Greek, worshipped the same pantheon of Gods and self identified as Greek. Because Macedon(ia) was a kingdom, it was treated as a lesser state by the city states to its south (Macedon was more of Homeric kingdom, since abandoned by the southern city states), but the founders originated from Argos in the Peloponnese. The key thing here is to not confuse Ancient Macedonia with the modern Republic of Macedonia. The Republic of Macedonia is a modern Slavic state, which has adopted the name from the region of Macedonia (with the first Slavic reference to this in the early 20th century); it is also north of Ancient Macedonia, lying within the Paeonian and Illyrian regions of the Ancient Balkans. The northern Greek region of Macedonia corresponds approximately to the Ancient Kingdom of Macedonia.

@flex6boy974

5 жыл бұрын

There is no logic gayreek

@flex6boy974

5 жыл бұрын

God will punish you cause you beat us in genocide 80% in aegean part are macedonians eith greek name and greek surenames

QUICK NOTES if you don't want to be bored by the video: 10> He had two different color eyes. 9> He had a noble horse that he tamed 8> He named 70 cities after himself (and 1 after his horse) 7> He was tutored by Aristotle for 3 years, who gave him a copy of the Iliad by Homer 6> He had a traditional marriage with Roxane and had children 5> He and his mother may have been in a plot to kill his father 4> "Alexander could cut to the heart of the matter" He cut through "The Gordian Knot" 3> He brought down the Persian Empire and was a heavy drinker 2> He never lost a battle 1> His death was mysterious Not Mentioned: Yes, Greek Culture influenced Western Civilization,... until Jewish Culture spread through the Roman Empire. Ultimately, Modern Western Civilization was more influenced by Jewish Culture than Greek. Our lifestyles and mores are de facto Jewish; our Greek and Roman-ish conventions are de jure, such as Sunday (for the Sun) Monday (for the Moon) etc..

@CheezyChristina

3 жыл бұрын

YOUR A LIFE SAVER

Thank you.

He was an amazing General and his tactics are still used today. Unfortunately, I don't believe he died from any of the reasons stated in this video. I heard he died from asbestosis. He had a coat made out of it and used to throw in the fire in front of his troops and they were amazed how it didn't burn. They only had it in very few history books but just my opinion on his untimely young death.

Look for a place called Pella on the map near Thessalonika.

i love the "fact" that he was "probably" involved in his fathers murder..... so what now fact or probably

These comments man lol from an Asian standpoint he was born in a city state from Greece called Macedon so he is Greek. What country or nationality is claiming that he is not Greek? anyone?

@MustardSkaven

3 жыл бұрын

Macedonians, which are not Greek ethnically anymore. Macedon back in the day took part in the Olympic games, a right reserved for Greeks. We need no more proof.

Fuck playing against this dude on Civ 5😂

@yaburu

8 жыл бұрын

+NeckChoppa96 For real!

@yaburu

8 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! Once he gets them it's damn near impossible to shake him out of his position as World Congress Host

@gamerextreme1204

6 жыл бұрын

MyersE8 that's because he was macedonian

Many Kings came and many Kings gone but no one is greater than Alexander the great .

@liamo7759

4 жыл бұрын

So true caesar napoleon tha all adored him the all wanted to be him

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

@@liamo7759 Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever.

OH! You got me on the thumbnail!

@welp4259

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

Spread Greek influence, GREEK 🇬🇷

@missl_me2241

3 жыл бұрын

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

@turiguliano416

3 жыл бұрын

@@missl_me2241 Alexander the Great was actually defeated (won the battle but lost the war) against King Porus and his Punjabi farmers in modern-day Pakistan. Although his army was vastly bigger and stronger and he won the battle Alexander the Great was hit by an arrow himself and the beloved horse that he had since a kid was killed in Jhelum Pakistan during the battle (called Battle of Hydaspes). With this physical and psychological injury, Alexander the Great could not complete the mission he vowed to complete ultimately retreating back towards the West where he died shortly after due to an infection caused by the arrow. He and his army were afraid of what armies ahead further East, as in this battle alone he thought just a small number of untrained local Pakistani farmers but still was hit for the first and last time ever. Check the facts.

@bojantween8800

2 жыл бұрын

he was Macedonian

@argentianguis6510

2 жыл бұрын

@@bojantween8800 yes, and Macedonia is a part of Greece.

I have a friend that's named Alexander

@ComradeViki54

3 жыл бұрын

And my father is named filip

Alexander the Great. The greatest Greek!!!

@comingafteryou5352

5 жыл бұрын

Φου-Δου Έλα δεν χρειάζεται να το επισημαίνεις το λέει και στο βίντεο

@GM4mp035

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Serbia supports this truth. Todays Macedonians come from Bulgarian heritage but wont admit it

@JustSlav98

3 жыл бұрын

@Arian Jangali todays macedonians did not exist when Alexander was alive , open google and start reading

@JustSlav98

3 жыл бұрын

@Arian Jangali Read history before arguing. TOdays macedonians are slavs and have nothing to do with alexander the great , todays country of northmacedonia was established in 1945

@Universal..

2 жыл бұрын

Historical facts = Strabo (63 BC) tells us that Illyrians, Thracians, Bottians and Thesprotes shared the Macedonian territory (Tribes of Pelasgian origin 🇦🇱 ). Source: (Strabo, VII, Frg .n°.11) The Macedonians have just propagated the Hellenic culture and have adopted it little by little ... The ancient authors called the Macedonians Barbaros/non-Greeks... For example the great Thucydides... Example : Thucydides (II, 80- IV, 126) who qualified of Barbaros (not Greek) the MACEDONIANS, Thesprotes, Molosses, Châones Atintanes, Paravaiens, Orestiens etc! Moreover it is not the only one, far from there .....

conquered Asia before 30, I dont have a job before 30 lol

My favorite fact? He was Greek and nothing else

Alexander the Great started his campaign in Corinth with the unification of all GREEK countries/states except Sparta,his plan was to free the GREEK cities who were under Barbaric kingdoms. in Ancient Greece "barbarian" used to be a name for someone who didn't speak Greek like the Skopjians nowadays

@lilcasement

8 жыл бұрын

Funny how they called Macedonians "barbarians"

@vassilisdimoulias2438

8 жыл бұрын

+lildecable even Athens and Sparta were calling each other barbarians because they had different traditions and ideologies

@lilcasement

8 жыл бұрын

bill dim THen how can you possibly call them one people if they regarded themselves as seperate people

@vassilisdimoulias2438

8 жыл бұрын

+lildecable the Macedonians you think have nothing in common with ancient Macedonians and if you don't agree show me proof stop saying random things that don't make sense

@lilcasement

8 жыл бұрын

bill dim Like wise

I wonder if he was an inspiration for Griffith from Berserk.

Alexandre the Great was greek. And he died because of the huge amount of wine he drunk in a celebration, as he was small and he drunk a lot of wine which wasn't mixed with water as it was a competition in which they tried to drunk huge bottles (don't know the english word for kratiras) of wine. Also, a fever was arround him the last days which may influence his health.

Facts: He had a male lover

@abdullahaltuwaijri8550

3 жыл бұрын

No

@darthnox4914

3 жыл бұрын

Abdullah Ibrahim yes

@abdullahaltuwaijri8550

3 жыл бұрын

Darth Nox no

@darthnox4914

3 жыл бұрын

Abdullah Ibrahim make a little research

@abdullahaltuwaijri8550

3 жыл бұрын

Darth Nox do*