Alexander the Great
The movie starts out with Philip II preparing for battle, and he is told of the birth of his son. Philip doesn't believe that the child is his because Olympias, the queen and mother of Alexander, claims that her child is "a god born of a god." One of Philip's generals convinces him not to kill the baby but to let him grow up and be his successor. As Alexander gets older he is tutored by Aristotle who tries to teach the boy patience, but that is hard to do when the boy views himself as a god. He compares himself with Achilles and like Achilles he would rather have "a short life filled with glory than a long life of obscurity." Philip decides to make Alexander the regent of Pella, while he is fighting. He decided to do this because Alexander's mother is spreading rumors that Philip is dead. Both, Olympias and Philip, seemed to believe that Alexander would side with one of them and allow them to influence how he ruled. They were both entirely wrong though he ruled how he wanted. Philip then invites Alexander to join him in battle and Alexander saves his father’s life, with a little hesitation. After the battle with Athens is won, Alexander has two demands from the Athenians; one is that no Greek state will bear arms against Pella, and that they supply men, weapons, and ships for the war against Persia. Philip then divorces Olympias because of her unfaithfulness and marries his mistress, Eurydice, who is the niece of one of his generals Attlaus. This ends up causing problems between Alexander and his father because if they have a son it would be more likely to become king since Alexander is only half Macedonian, and that child would be full blood Macedonian. Also, because Attalaus called Alexander a bastard, which caused a fight and Philip went at his son with a knife. He then fell which caused Alexander to say, see this man who plans on passing from Europe to Asia can't even pass from one seat to another. Alexander's friends are to be exiled while he goes to battle; Philip does this because he feels his friends are turning him against his father. Pausanias is one of these friends to be exiled; he is also the man who assassinates the king. And, even though he is one of Alexander's good friends, Alexander still kills him the moment he killed his father. Alexander then claims the throne and the loyalty of all Greeks, and states that the Treaty still stands. He also exiles Memnon since he refused to pledge his loyalty. Alexander then finds out his mother has burned his father’s young baby alive, and that Eurydice hung herself with his mother's assistance. Alexander sets out to conquer Asia, and Memnon, who is now an advisor to the Persians, tells them to be wary of Alexander. But they don't listen to him and Persia loses the battle. Memnon is stuck in the middle, Persia deserts him and Alexander refuses to allow the men that took arms against him to live, saying they broke an oath. Alexander then sets out for many more battles, before the battle in Babylon Alexander tells his men that the lunar eclipse isn't something to be afraid of. That it is a good omen; the Persian moon will be eclipsed by the Macedonian sun. After the battle Darius heads off to get more troops together and is killed by his own commanders. He offers his daughter to Alexander, in hopes that their "worlds may become as one." Alexander then orders the men who slaughtered their king to be killed. Then Alexander declares to Athens he wants to be considered a God, because he has gone farther than any man or god by conquering parts of India. His troops become angry with him for disowning his father and proclaiming himself a son of Zeus, and during a drunken fight he kills one of his friends, Cleitus, for speaking his mind. Alexander retreated back to Babylon, after realizing he was wrong, and when he returned he married Darius' daughter Roxane. It ends with him saying he hoped that all the people in his empire could be alike and live alike, and during this speech he collapses on the table. He is then shown dying with his soldiers walking by the place he is laying, and when asked who he leaves his empire to he replies "to the strongest."
