Alexander the great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from greece and egypt to india and a new cosmopolitan model for western civilisation. In Alexander's childhood, his defiant cha...Alexander the great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from greece and egypt to india and a new cosmopolitan model for western civilisation. In Alexander's childhood, his defiant character was molded into the makings of a king.