How did the Successor Kings attempt to legitimise their monarchies in the century following the death of Alexander the Great? After the unexpected and youthful death of King Alexander the Great in 323BC, the successor Kings that followed his reign only disjointed the once vast and resilient empire. The immediate successors after Alexander were called the Diadochi, and they were the first generation of military and political leaders after the death of the Macedonian king and conqueror, Alexander the Great in 323 (Botdford and Robinson). The six successors that are mentioned in this essay all took on the monarchy with different ideas, strategies, boundaries and goals. Legitimising their monarchies seemed extremely difficult after Alexander’s death, and after the standard he had set for the successors that followed his legacy.
As well as all this, William had a store of the finest weapons in France. Leadership William was one of the bravest people of his time. When his army was having difficulties during the battle, he bravely led his army back up the hill to make another attack upon the English. Due to William's intelligence, he arranged his army in long rows, archers at the front to try and soften up the English's shield wall, foot-soldiers in the middle, and the cavalry at the back for a big attack.The retreating trick explained in the above paragraph also shows great leadership. Luck Luckily for William, the wind changed direction in his favour on his journey north to England.
Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Diffusion Alexander the Great lived his life as only a man writing his own legend could. During his short life, he single-handedly conquered the entire known world, and more, ensured that his legacy would continue by springing up metropolises everywhere he dared tread. His influence reverberated, not only in the regions through which he passed, but also through history. His military strategies were unparalled, and his thoroughly openhearted approach to the regions that he conquered leaves much to look up to. The following is in in-depth look into the legend that a self-described descendent of the gods left behind.
He had conquered territories that were unlikely for his time. He did this without modern technology or weaponry, troop movements were made largely on foot and communications were done face to face. At twenty years old, he already inherited an empire of Macedon after his father, Philip’s assassination. In thirteen short years, his empire stretched for three thousand miles. Alexander was a philosophical idealist who strived to create unity in attempting to integrate Persians and Orientals into his administration and army.
In 331 B.C 1 Alexander defeated the Persian king at the battle of Gaugamela. Discuss the preparations made by Darius and Alexander before the battle, the tactics used by each commander and the reasons for Alexander’s success. What were the immediate outcomes for Alexander? The Battle of Gaugemela was ultimately one of the turning events in Alexander the Great’s short but tumultuous life. His decisive victory did not just come down to pure luck, however; both Alexander and his Persian opponent Darius had painstakingly made preparations in order to ensure that his numerical superiority could be used to its full advantage.
Julius Caesar was one of the most brilliant figures in all of history, particularly in the long history of Rome. His accomplishments were so significant that “The German ‘kaiser’ and the Russian ‘czar’ [are both] derivatives of Caesar” (Source 1). Caesar was an extraordinary military leader, vastly expanding Rome’s lands. He was a very intelligent man, and when he became dictator, made many important political and social reforms for the good of Rome. Caesar’s military prowess and his reforms crafted him into the extraordinary person that historians all recognize as great.
Persian Imperialism was the most significant cause of the First Persian war; origins of the Persian Empire were dated back to 584BC, With Cyrus the ruler of a small area Persis. Cyrus the Great, after taking power of Persis had begun to create a series of military reforms. The ruler of Media, Astyages, a region close by feared this new threat and equipped to battle which ended in defeat of his rule and the reign of Media diverting into Cyrus’ hands. “The Persian empire was created within the space of a single generation of conquests that followed one another...” as the quote states Cyrus’ Persian Empire rapidly expanded over India, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, Egypt and more importantly the Ionian coast, which was the most significant key resulting in the First Persian War. After the Death of Cyrus, his son Cambyses took power and was later succeeded by Darius the Great who was the first to step into European land, the kings of Persia all had a role in conquering more than there predecessor and that’s exactly what Darius had in mind.
The transfer of power to Philip II form his father took a little more than a decade, family rivalry and a battle with the Illyrians put Philip II on the throne (Lendering). Although, it was the battle at Methone that help Philip II to secure his seat on the throne. At this time the surrounding states of Macedon were looking in-ward at Philip II (Philip II of Macedon). The neighboring Greeks the Athenians thought that their man Argaeus should be the next king of Macedon. So as Argaeus went to the capital of Macedon the city of Aegae.
This was the first in a series of cities named Alexandria. Next, Alexander went to battle with the Persians in ancient Mesopotamia and was again victorious. He followed this with the conquest of Babylon and the acquisition of the Persian Treasures of gold and silver. Alexander began pursuing the Persian King, Darius III, who had been evading him since his conquest of Persia. When Darius was finally killed by one of his kinsmen, Alexander took the title and office of ‘Great King of the Persians’ (Duicker 2009).
Being the son of a Roman emperor, Ambrosius Aurelius had much to live up to. Throughout the ages, even Ambrosius Aurelius has legends based on his achievements, such as those in the Historia Britonum, which tell of Ambrosius slaying dragons underneath his fortress. Many legends speak of Ambrosius Aurelius; however, he was a real man who achieved real things. According to the Annal Chronicon Maiora, Aurelius came to rule in 479 A.D. over the Britons. He faced many challenges, such as uniting the Britons after the brutality of which they were served by the Saxons and then defeating the Saxons at the Battle of Badon Hill.