3/22/13

For the entire class we went over our slide shows on Alexander the great. He came into power at the age of 20 when his father was killed King Phillip, his father, was killed by his body guard named Pausanians. Many doubted him in the beginning and he ordered for those people to be killed showing he wasn't one to mess with. Originally Alexander was not even going to inherit the title of King when his father died because his mother was not born in Macedonia. King Phillip had another wife along with another child named Phillip III.  After hearing of King Phillip's plan to give the kingdom over to Phillip III she immediately had them executed. He was King of Macedon from 354B.B. until his assassination in 336 B.C. Alexander was also born in Macedonia and had a military background which would later play a role in the way he ruled.