Why Was Augustus Not Effective

Today, I’m arguing about who the most effective leader out of these three leaders: Augustus, Alexander the Great, and Emperor Qin. I think that Augustus was the most effective ruler. I don’t think that Emperor Qin and Alexander the Great were effective for many reasons, and I also have some reasons why Augustus was effective.

First, I will talk about why Augustus was effective. Then, I will talk about why Alexander was not effective. After that, I will talk about why Emperor Qin was not effective.

Augustus was effective because he was smart with his decisions. According to

History.com, “But after Octavian’s troops defeated Antony’s army in northern Italy, the future emperor refused an all-out pursuit of Antony, preferring an uneasy alliance with

his

That makes him sound really greedy. Another reason that Alexander the Great isn’t an effective ruler is because he wasn’t able to keep/protect his army.

According to historyofmacedonia.com, “Tons of rocks and wood were poured into the

Mr. Corcoran:

This is a very well done road map! Good job!

Mr. Corcoran:

Do you mean, They would do it?

water strip separating the island from the coast but its construction and the attacks from the city walls cost Alexander many of his bravest Macedonians.” This is explaining that

Alexander was not able to protect his army so he now had a weaker army. Another piece of information that I found on ancient.eu was, “From Susa, Alexander marched on the city of Persepolis, where in 330 BCE, according to the ancient historian

Diodorus Siculus (and others), he started the fire which destroyed the main palace and most of the city as revenge for the burning of the Acropolis in

Xerxes’ Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BCE. This act was said to be instigated during a drunken party by Thais, the Athenian lover of the general

Ptolemy, claiming it would be apt revenge for the city to be burnt 'by women’s hands', and she is said to have thrown her torch right after Alexander threw