@100dayshistory on Instagram: "Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) was one of history’s most brilliant and ambitious conquerors. Born in Macedon, he was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle and trained from youth to rule and to lead armies. At just twenty, he became king after his father Philip II’s death and began a campaign that would forever change the world. In a few short years, Alexander conquered the vast Persian Empire, stretching his dominion from Greece to Egypt and as far as India. His u