Alexander the Great....More like Alexander the Best

Alexander was pretty great, there's no question about that. The question then becomes: was Alexander awesome? In my opinion; yes, definitely. Alexander was one of, if not the greatest, conqueror of the ancient world. Why do I say that? Well not only did Alexander conquer lands all over the current-day middle east and topple the Persian Empire, he also spread the cultures of many different civilizations as he conquered through cultural and ideological diffusion. Alexander also controlled one of the largest empires of all time at its peak size. As a general, he was outmatched. For example, he managed to defeat the larger army of Darius on several different occasions. One thing that is not so awesome about Alexander, however, is that his motives were driven by revenge. Although it is hard to question that Alexander wanted to rule a huge empire (who didn't in those times?), part of his motivation in conquering the Persian empire was to gain revenge for previous Persian actions. So Alexander is like 99% awesome and 1% just great; so pretty good overall.