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Alexander did not really create an Empire, he more like usurped an empire, in terms of difficulty it look like it probably was easier/smoother than for example the conquest of Bulgaria by Basil II or not as brutal as the Sassanid-Byzantine war which lasted nearly 30 years.
It was Alexanders successors who created the myth around Alexander and also stuff about themself so to make it sound like they had the favor of dieties on their side. Naming cities in your name seems to have been common amongst the Macedonians as Alexander's successors did the same.
But even if you combine the Persian Empire from Cyrus all way to the end of the successor kingdom you get a timespan of like 600 years while the Byzantine Empire/Eastern Roman Empire lasted for nearly 1000 years after the fall of the western Roman Empire and if you start from Augustus it lasted for nearly 1500 years and unlike Alexander, the Roman conquered alot of territories that had never been united Before as well lasting much longer.
Depend on what you mean, people like Basil II seems to have been as capable if not more capable than Alexander as ruler of their nation.There is no Byzantine equivalent of Alexander
It was Alexanders successors who created the myth around Alexander and also stuff about themself so to make it sound like they had the favor of dieties on their side. Naming cities in your name seems to have been common amongst the Macedonians as Alexander's successors did the same.
But even if you combine the Persian Empire from Cyrus all way to the end of the successor kingdom you get a timespan of like 600 years while the Byzantine Empire/Eastern Roman Empire lasted for nearly 1000 years after the fall of the western Roman Empire and if you start from Augustus it lasted for nearly 1500 years and unlike Alexander, the Roman conquered alot of territories that had never been united Before as well lasting much longer.
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