What is Alexander's place in history?

Answer 1

He became an icon of success to which the ambitious aspired - wanting to be as great as or greater than Alexander. He has been overtaken by Julius Caesar, who sought to achieve this - successfully. People replaced Alexander with Caesar, modern monarchs calling themselves Caesar (the Kaiser of Germany, the Czar of Russia).

Alexander conquered and took over the Persian Empire. He planned to capture Sicily and Carthage, in the west and so proclaim himself ruler of the world (as it was known then). After his premature death his successors split up his empire amongst themselves. He remains as a conqueror who achieved little of permanence whose successors eventually gave way to the Roman Empire.