Cyber Day; Post 6

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It's great to know that we're in the fourth quarter, with that said, I must also make the proper decisions to ensure that I can have as good as a GPA as I did last quarter, which will be interesting with this Cyber Work. 

With that said, we were told today to research three prominent figures in ancient times: Phillip II, Darius III, and of course Alexander the Great. Firstly, let's discuss the role of Phillip II, who was briefly mentioned in yesterday's post. Phillip II was Alexander the Great's father, He also served his City-State of Macedonia very well, coming close to death for several occasions just in an attempt to unify Macedonia with other parts of Greece. He also formed the Hellenic League, which in a sense allowed for Macedonia to have complete control over Greece while having little responsibility of its own, since Macedonia wasn't necessarily "incorporated" in the League, rather just manages it. Phillip II was also responsible for his role in the story of when Alexander the Great got his horse, by the denial of Phillip II, who figured the horse was too difficult to tame. Moving onto a more known figure, Alexander the Great. He is possibly known just as much as Jesus Christ and other Holy Figures as he conquered nearly all of the Western World with his horse, Bucephalus, and their army. Unfortunately, Alexander the Great passed of a fever when he was just 32, which meant he couldn't have ruled over the regions which he had fought so hard to conquer. Looking back, if he had just remained alive for a year more, our lives today could be much different by the way nations progressed economically and geographically. Following in the steps of his late father, Alexander the Great was a king of Macedonia too (starting when he was of the age of 20). In terms of scale, he conquered regions from Macedonia Greece all the way to India, a massive stretch of land by any means. Lastly, we'll discuss Darius III, who fought on the behalf of the failing Persians. He was the last King of the Achaemenid Empire (located in Perisa) and was not a great fan of Alexander the Great (and vice versa). So much so, that after Alexander the Great had conquered Persia, he immediately wanted to chase down Darius, but to no avail, For his own cousin, Bessus had done the job of killing Darrius III. Even after being defeated by Alexander the Great, he decided not to restore his army. His reasoning seems to be that Alexander the Greats laws and society was far better and would defeat him regardless of the Army in which he could create. Darius III was killed at the age of 50, considerably old for that time. We had discussed in class how people had an average lifespan of just about 15 years in Greece. 

With that said, I conclude my March 25th Cyber Day Post; Till next time! 

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