For two and a half thousand years, no one managed to eclipse the glory of the great ancient Greek ruler, the brilliant commander Alexander the Great (356 -323 BC) - Alexander the Great. The king from Macedonia, indeed, was a great conqueror: in 11 years he created an empire with an area of ​ ​ 5.2 million square kilometers! But the main thing: it was Alexander the Great who changed the appearance of the Ancient World.