Standard Alexander penchant for violence, then. I wonder if his taste for atrocities will get greater as time goes by? The book I'm currently reading, Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great, which is a collection of essays, strongly suggests that Alexander became more and more bloodthirsty in later campaigns, and his Indian adventure was the most violent of them all.
I echo the call for maps- they're always very helpful, I find.
Fair enough! That's certainly more evidence than I had before, although I'm going to remain open minded until I hear it from more than one source. I wonder how such poor decision making compared to the typical ruler of the time, however. I can't imagine most were all that great.
I think it does need to be considered that Alexander was still just 27 when he died. People in their twenties are rash, and more often than not there is a mellowing as they get older. Obviously Alexander was a special case, so trying to say which way he would go is probably futile, but I think you could have plausible timelines where he stays reckless and where he matures.
Alexander the Great: 356-323 BC. He died 33 years old.
you have a really bad habit of reviving dead threads, don't you.