Alexander the Great Arriving in Persepolis :: Ancient Greece Greek History

Alexander the Great Arriving in PersepolisI am Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia ruler of Greece. I permit been king of Macedonia since my fathers assassination five stratums ago. Since his death I have conquered much of the world. I am ruthless, and should anyone attempt to sweep over me in appointment, they are sure to die. The division I became ruler of Macedonia I set out to the city of Thessaly to prepare Macedonia rule. After Thessaly submitted to me I conquered many states, and many other states freely submitted without battles. devil stratums after my fathers death, my war with the Iranians began. Near the city of Troy, I thwarted the Persian army. In doing so, all the states of Asia then submitted their arms to me. A year later I would encounter the Persians again this clip the main Persian army would be my opponent. I defeated the Persian army light-emitting diode by King Darious III at the city of Issus, and a year later took the city of Tyre. Furthermore , Egypt surrendered to me. Perhaps they knew they could not defeat me in battle and thought it better not to try. I had now secured control of the absolute eastern Mediterranean coastline. I now bring you to my present time in history. It has been five years since I became king of Macedonia, and I have once again defeated my enemy, King Darious III at Babylon. I am now setting my sights on penetrating into the walls of Persepolis. I am very(prenominal) excited about this, as I am mean to retrieving many treasures which lie behind the walls. This will be a very fulfilling defeat because the Persian Empire plundered Athens almost 15 decades ago. I cannot let this go and because of it I will penetrate Persepolis and defeat the Persians and consummate retaliation upon them. With my highly skilled army of about sixty-thousand men, I entered Persepolis and assumed control of its palace. I find myself in the heart of Persia. From the Persian treasury at Persepolis I seized a wondrous a mount of money. It is a well deserved payback, and I must resort to the tradition of vengeance for what the Persians did when Xerxes invaded Greece some hundred and fifty years ago. Alexander turned the city over to his troops, who stormed through its streets, slaughtered men, plundered their property and stripped women of their jewellery.