Alexander The Great: Why Ruthless?

Why Ruthless?
There are a big confusion and contradiction between the terms feared and loved when it comes to their denotation and counter impact on each other in defeating and manipulating the action of the other. When a king rules his people with love, the tension between people and spread of fear will decline. However, a prince should keep his people always and may lose his power over the people eventually. On the other hand, when a prince is feared the people’s love won’t be present. So, if a king cannot be both loved or feared, the best option to go with is to make oneself be feared because in any society there are a variety of conditions or situations that exist together

He was a very influential and feared leader in the world at that time and he expanded his empire throughout the middle east, African and Asia. He also was a great commander who conquered and overthrew every kingdom which was around him including the Persian empire and Egyptian empire. Alexander the great was very transparent in his belief as a military commander where he takes down every region around him and put them under his rule and gets involved in every war. We can infer from this that he was a fearless warrior and he won’t let himself down for anyone who is not obeying his law and try to be independent of the empire.” According to Plutarch, among Alexander's traits were a violent temper and rash, impulsive nature, which undoubtedly contributed to some of his decisions. Although Alexander was stubborn and did not respond well to orders from his father, he was open to reasoned debate.” (Wikipedia)The stubborn behavior of Alexander the great is one of the great characters that made him successful and runs his empire peacefully. Furthermore, he ruled his empire by giving the generals some power to protect the cities he conquered. So, Alexander the great preferred fear to unite all the states around him and become one and he was able to do it

He was a distress in ancient Rome by the people and was a terror figure. The people who were surrendered and ruled by Hannibal feared him to death that they can even think about overthrowing him from his place. “In his view armies fought until it became clear to the political leadership of the losing side there was nothing more to be gained by further combat.” (Gabriel) he is really feared by opponents and his people because of his firm position about war. This makes his people fear him a lot because he has no mercy until someone commits and surrender. Consequently, there weren’t any opposing tribes that they were under his