10 Incredible Facts About Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, didn’t get his nickname for no reason. He conquered the known world by an age when most people are just getting out of entry-level positions at work. Even thousands of years after his death Alexander is still fascinating to us. And it’s no wonder, when you get into just how incredible his life truly was. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Our other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw/ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Text version: https://ift.tt/2ZIwwfB Coming up: 10. Cleitus the Black saved his life at the Granicus River... 9. … and Alexander later murdered him with a javelin 8. No one knows how he died 7. He was taught by Aristotle 6. His horse was as famous as he was 5. He smelled great 4. He held a drinking competition and everyone died 3. He was famous for thinking outside the box 2. He was preserved in honey 1. He founded around 20 cities Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/1DlDP8N https://ift.tt/2RAsb9Z https://ift.tt/2RBOBaQ https://ift.tt/2ZLB4BU https://ift.tt/3iAwYEh https://ift.tt/2gHYp4x https://ift.tt/3c5pKps https://ift.tt/2RA7pXZ https://ift.tt/35MbUqY https://ift.tt/3c80QW1 https://ift.tt/1N0PmR3 https://ift.tt/3hGU1ft https://ift.tt/3iJ6v7I https://ift.tt/2ruBBYC https://ift.tt/3iAx2Ux https://ift.tt/2FEdEaP https://ift.tt/3iGOeYq https://ift.tt/2FCZJSy https://ift.tt/33C6Dzp https://ift.tt/2FEdHDx https://ift.tt/3kp8GO4 https://ift.tt/2RAs4ez https://ift.tt/IXNzum https://ift.tt/2eMmC8C https://ift.tt/2FI9AGv https://ift.tt/2ZLVGKw https://ift.tt/1EMeMNN https://ift.tt/35KeUUt https://ift.tt/3kqRSWR https://ift.tt/2H73tMp https://ift.tt/2FwRJTc https://ift.tt/32GGlNk https://ift.tt/2H1YzjI https://ift.tt/33IZaPg https://ift.tt/2i9YJFQ https://ift.tt/1NUczaR https://ift.tt/3iEnd80 https://ift.tt/2FGuVQT