YOU BE THE JUDGE: Was Alexander the Great a hero or a villain?
Document #1:
“...When he came to Thebes...the city...was sacked and razed. Alexander's hope being that so severe an
example might terrify the rest of Greece into obedience.. thirty thousand, was publicly sold for slaves, and
it is computed that upwards of six thousand were put to the sword.”
-Plutarch, Greek Historian, 90 A. D.