Alexander's failures

[Aren]

What were alexander's failures? I can't find any website that doesn't look at him as the greatest thing in the world....They all talk about his success, but what did he fail at.

[panos]

Hi Aren!In my opinion the greatest failure of Alexander was that he didn't leave a successor, somebody that all the empire would turn to after his death. Of course it was relatively early for him to start thinking about these things, but all his other actions show a very organised person with a clear vision of the future. Just a thought
Panos

[jorgios]

I think this was Alexander's greatest failure. Talk about being anti-climactic!

[dean]

Hello, Not leaving a successor and his way through the Gedrosian desert- maybe- yet the Gedrosian desert could be seen in part as a victory for he came through it alive.Persepolis is a great slur on his record and as Parmenion pointed out- why would he burn something that belonged to himself?I don't think it did much either to help him be seen by the Persians as their rightful king- it must have caused immense distress to Persians subjects at the time.Just thinking.Best regards,
Dean.