Why did the Macedonian kill Alexander the Great?

Answer 1

The Macedonians killed Alexander the great by giving him poison.As they were tired of fighting and wanted to return home. He died in Egypt and the place is called Alexaneria, in his honour.

Well not quite, Alexander the Great died in 323 BC. in the palace at Babylon, leaving his empire in the hands of his competing generals. This followed the arduous return across the Bactrian desert which left him sickly and unpopular with the army. The cause of the alcoholic emperor's demise is much debated even to this day (see link below.) Certainly he had alienated much of the army through brutality and megalomania. His tendency to go native so far as deifying himself in keeping with oriental custom was certainly unpopular with the companions. Whether his generals were complicit in poisoning him is unclear. Upon his death the corpse was to be transported to Macedonia, but in 321 BC. it was seized and taken from Damascus to Egypt by Ptolemy I. The body was reportedly on display in the City of Memphis for some years. By custom, kings in Macedonia asserted their right to the throne by burying their predecessor and this was a highly political move by Ptolemy.

The City of Alexandria was founded around a small coastal town c. 331 BC by Alexander 8 years before his death.

Answer 2

There is no historical evidence that suggests a Macedonian killed Alexander the great. Alexander is believed to have died due to illness or poisoning, but the exact cause of his death remains uncertain.