Alexander the Great

Crowned Alexander III of Macedon, he created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to India.

Perhaps one of the best-known stories is the taming of Bucephalas, the horse who was scared of its shadow. When Alexander was ten, his father Philip bought a horse for thirteen talents. However, the horse refused to be mounted, so Philip ordered it away. Alexander asked to tame the horse, after watching the previous attempts, and was given the horse after succeeding. Bucephalas stayed with Alexander all the way to India, and when he died of old age, Alexander named a city after him (Bucephala).