Alexander the Mediocre

It's official, Alexander the Great is no longer great, at least in my books.

While he was obviously a brilliant military mastermind who had the power to conquer territories faster than the ocean could spit them out, does that really make him great? How about the fact that he was able to establish the legendary empire of Greece and continue to rain fire down around himself all while being a young adult. Pretty impressive right? At what cost.

Maybe back in the day when conquering was hip this would make someone great. Important thing to note: In the modern day, Alexander would most likely not be considered great, in the past when being an insane warlord was plausible this was probably what earned him the title Alexander the Great. Today Alexander looks like a bloodthirsty maniac who caused the death of thousands of people and natives including his own men just to continue increasing his range of power but back in the day this was totally acceptable and he has every right to be considered great.

Except for the fact that he was insanely violent towards his friends to the point that he would murder them. The fact that he would often drink himself silly to the point that even people back then would be telling him to lay off (SOURCE: HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX DRINKS). Alexander the Great was really not so great because of his bloodthirsty attitude that would be the end of many peoples lives, the insane temper he had when he wasn't on the battlefield. Although it could be argued that the empire he created is enough to consider him great, at the end of the modern day, it really isn't that Great.