February 22, 2018
Feb. 20, 2018 – Alexander the Great, the fourth-century B.C. Macedonian ruler who conquered most of the ancient world before dying at age 32, would now be considered a candidate for statue removal. In his triumph over a rebellious Thebes he razed the city, murdered 6,000 citizens and sold the rest into slavery. The women and children of Tyre were rounded up and sold. Dante imagined Alexander suffering in the seventh circle of hell. Sure, he was a military genius, and his power extended from Greece to Egypt to India—but Great?
