Do you think Alexander honestly felt like he was avenging Persian wrongs? Or was that just propaganda to mask his goal of conquest?

I think that in the beginning of Alexander's conquest of the Persians, he truly did feel that he was avenging the wrongs of Persia done to the Greeks. Once conquering Persia though, he continued his journey onward to try to conquer the rest of the world, which is when i truly feel that his desire to avenge the wrongs of Persia ended and his goal of conquering the rest of the world took over him completely.Alexander was corrupted by his new found power and wanted to control the whole world now, instead of stopping after taking his revenge on Persia. Alexander's goal of conquest, was always there though, even when he was originally setting out to conquer Persia, but with every new conquest along the journey that goal just grew more and more until he had conquered Persia and wanted to have the whole world. His empire had grown from a city to most of the known world in a relatively short time. In his travels, Alexander slowly realized that he could have more than just Persia, he could have the whole world, which is when i believe that Alexander's original goal of conquering the Persians became a goal to conquer the world.

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1. "Alexander the Great -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. .

2. Image from: "File:Battle of Issus.jpg -." Wikimedia Commons. Web. 27 Feb. 2010. .