세계를다정복하고더정복할땅이없다고탄식했다는
알렉산더AlexanderIIIofMacedon는고작33세의나이로
요절했습니다.세계를정복한그가모기에물려말라리아에감염되어죽었습니다.
"오랜원정과정복으로그는서서히정신적공황상태와정서불안에시달렸다.
날이갈수록그는성격이괴팍해졌고친구를처형할정도로쉽게부하들을처형하기까지했다.
그는바빌론의관개시설보수관련일을벌이며잦은연회를열었으며
BC323년바빌론에돌아와아라비아원정을준비하던중,
33세의젊은나이로그지역의모기에물려말라리아에감염되어그해6월10일사망했다."
참으로대단하다고말하는알렉산더의생애는
허무虛無하기그지없지요.
살았다하나죽은자같은게사람이아닌가합니다.
자랑할게없는게사람이아닌가생각합니다.
역사의기록이아무리방대하다하더라도생명없는죽은자의것이지요.
살아있다는현재의실존이중요합니다.
백수百壽의때라고는하나병원영안실은언제나만원입니다.
살아있는현재의실존의삶이주어질때에
성실하고진실하게순전하게순수하게주어진일에최선을다하고
탐심탐욕집착으로부터벗어나며
사랑하되열정적으로사랑하는일입니다.
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AlexanderfightingthePersiankingDariusIII.FromAlexanderMosaic,NaplesNationalArchaeologicalMuseum
AlexanderIIIofMacedon(20/21July356–10/11June323BC),commonlyknownasAlexandertheGreat(Greek:ἈλέξανδροςὁΜέγας,AléxandroshoMégasiii[›]fromtheGreekαλέξωalexo"todefend,help"+ανήρaner"man"),wasakingofMacedon,astateinnorthernancientGreece.BorninPellain356BC,AlexanderwastutoredbyAristotleuntiltheageof16.Bytheageofthirty,hehadcreatedoneofthelargestempiresoftheancientworld,stretchingfromtheIonianSeatotheHimalayas.Hewasundefeatedinbattleandisconsideredoneofhistory’smostsuccessfulcommanders.[1]
Alexandersucceededhisfather,PhilipIIofMacedon,tothethronein336BCafterPhilipwasassassinated.UponPhilip’sdeath,Alexanderinheritedastrongkingdomandanexperiencedarmy.HewasawardedthegeneralshipofGreeceandusedthisauthoritytolaunchhisfather’smilitaryexpansionplans.In334BC,heinvadedPersian-ruledAsiaMinorandbeganaseriesofcampaignsthatlastedtenyears.AlexanderbrokethepowerofPersiainaseriesofdecisivebattles,mostnotablythebattlesofIssusandGaugamela.HesubsequentlyoverthrewthePersianKingDariusIIIandconqueredtheentiretyofthePersianEmpire.i[›]Atthatpoint,hisempirestretchedfromtheAdriaticSeatotheIndusRiver.
Seekingtoreachthe"endsoftheworldandtheGreatOuterSea",heinvadedIndiain326BC,butwaseventuallyforcedtoturnbackatthedemandofhistroops.AlexanderdiedinBabylonin323BC,withoutexecutingaseriesofplannedcampaignsthatwouldhavebegunwithaninvasionofArabia.Intheyearsfollowinghisdeath,aseriesofcivilwarstorehisempireapart,resultinginseveralstatesruledbytheDiadochi,Alexander’ssurvivinggeneralsandheirs.
Alexander’slegacyincludestheculturaldiffusionhisconquestsengendered.Hefoundedsometwentycitiesthatborehisname,mostnotablyAlexandriainEgypt.Alexander’ssettlementofGreekcolonistsandtheresultingspreadofGreekcultureintheeastresultedinanewHellenisticcivilization,aspectsofwhichwerestillevidentinthetraditionsoftheByzantineEmpireinthemid-15thcentury.AlexanderbecamelegendaryasaclassicalherointhemoldofAchilles,andhefeaturesprominentlyinthehistoryandmythofGreekandnon-Greekcultures.Hebecamethemeasureagainstwhichmilitaryleaderscomparedthemselves,andmilitaryacademiesthroughouttheworldstillteachhistactics.[2]ii[›]ㅡwikipedia
