Do you think Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs? Or was that just propaganda to mask his goal of conquest?
I believe that Alexander the Great was avenging Persian wrongs when he went into war with them. I do not think that he wanted to just be praised for conquering all these lands. HE wanted revenge on what happened before he was in power. At times, people believed that Alexander the Great got sidetracked with conquering all this land. I believe that getting revenge was always in the back of his mind, though. He wanted to show the Persian Empire that no one could just walk all over Alexander. He was going to stand up and fight for what has happened to his country before he was in power. He was tired of sitting around and watching his city be demolished by the Persians and him not being able to do anything. Once he got his chance, he was going to definitely get revenge on them for what they put him and his country through. Alexander wanted his country’s honor back. He wanted them to be able to be called the greatest city in the world. He wanted to be the most powerful again. He wanted them to be like the Persians were when they were all powerful. Alexander wouldn’t stop until Persia knew he was seeking revenge on their empire.
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