Alexander The Great This is my report about Alexander The Great, one of the greatest military geniuses of all time. He was born in Pella, Macedonia and son of King Philip II and Olympias, a princess from Epirus. In his boyhood he tamed a horse named Bucephalus. In his youth, he was taught by Aristotle. He always was eager to learn. He was famed for conquering the Persian Empire. He had ambitious plans for the future but he was taken by disease and buried in Alexandria, Egypt. Early Life Parents Alexander’s father was King Philip II of Macedonia, a large state north of Greece which had little power because it was less orga