Alexander The Great: A Life With A Meaning Like No Other Alexander the Great was a man with no equal along the history of mans existence. His military genius and master strategy, which allowed him to conquer most of the known world, were incomparable in the Ancient World. Alexander began to give meaning to his name "the Great", at the age of 20 and died at the age of 33. At the time of his death, he was the emperor of Greece, the supreme ruler of Asia, the king of Persia and the grand pharaoh of Egypt. It seems unbelievable that one man could accomplish so much in such a short period of time. In my opinion Ale