Today we are watched a movie on Alexander the Great. We had a review on him before.
- Alexander's mother told him he was son of one of the gods
- He was taught by Aristotle.
- His dad was Phillip II.
- Alexander's father was killed at age 20.
- He became king at age 20.
- The people started to rebel.
- So Alexander forms an army.
- He kills everyone to tell them how ruthless he is.
- Phillip has a girlfriend while married.
- Alexander gets a horse named Buceas.
- It was a horse that no one can tame.
- He did though.
- He rode the horse in every battle until the horse was killed.
- Olympias is his mother.
- Never loses a battle.
- goes into battle of Gaugamela.
- 40,000 men vs. 250,000 men.
- used to fight face to face; man to man.
- Falenx- formation for battle.
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