>Alexander
>the
>great
ITT People who don't deserve the title of "great" and why
James Cook
Jason Powell
The title of 'The Great' was just shorthand for the Persian 'King of Kings'. Same reason why Cyrus and Xerxes have the same title.
Ethan Williams
Ashoka
He did very little for the Maurya Empire compared to his grandfather, Chandragupta, who conquered huge amounts of land in India and some parts of the Seleucids.
Jackson Williams
>rewrite history
Maybe he's half Turkish
Lincoln Baker
That's not remotely true at all.
No it wasn't. The main title the Persian rulers took was "the Great King". We don't affix the Great as an epithet to all of the Achaemenid dynasty rulers, just Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, and Xerxes the Great. Same way we don't do it with all the Arsacid dynasty kings or Sassanid ones; only exceptional ones.
Logan Wood
>responding to a bait post with more /pol/ tier bullshit
Thomas Price
Kasier Willy 2 deserves the title.
Ryan Rodriguez
More like Greatest for Alexander.
Cameron Powell
Pompey, has a lucky habit of taking command near the end of wars and usurping better generals like Lucullus and taking the credit for their hard work. Then manages to completely fuck up the civil war against Caesar.
Jack Carter
Ashoka was 'Great' for his contributions to Buddhism, not his Empire.