What It Was Like To Be Alexander The Great

Ajouté : 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]When you are 16, your father leaves you in charge of Macedonia while he goes off to war. You are 16. You handle it.

[00:00:08]There's a rebellion in the north, you crush it. You found a city, named it after yourself, settled it with colonists. You spend your entire childhood chasing a word from him that never comes. He brings you the greatest tutor in the history of the world, Aristotle himself, because ordinary teachers aren't good enough for Philip's son. You learn philosophy, medicine, science, rhetoric. You become arguably the most educated person alive.