Although he died before the age of 33, he conquered almost all of the then known world and gave a new direction to history.  He overthrew the Persian Empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms.

Some people called him conqueror and violent overlord.
Others called him civilizer and even God!
All of them, called him "The Great".
He was the first man in modern history who took this name."The Great"