merous threatening omens. The omens were so frequent and ominous that Alexander feared that he had fallen out of the favor with the gods. He died of a fever that next year, but the death of Alexander the Great is still shrouded in mystery to this day. It seems hard to believe a 33 year-old man could die of natural causes so suddenly. Many historians have made many attempts to explain what exactly happened. According to Plutarch, there were several bad omens, such as ravens fighting each other over the city wall with some falling dead right in front of him, a man with a deformed liver being sacrificed in the king's honor, and his best lion was kicked to death by a donkey. The god Serapis told a man to put on the king's robes and sit upon the throne. For someone that believe omens, oracles and had followed them during his life, Alexander turned a blind eye to these omens and ignored them. Another story of his death, was that at a banquet, hosted by his friend, Medius. He was drinking heavily and was poisoned. We may never know the truth of his death, but on 7th of June, 323 B.C., the Macedonians were allowed to file past their leader for the last time and finally, three days later, he succumbed to the illness. He died at the age of 33 on June 10, 323 B.C. The after-results of the career of this great man started off with the immense increase of international trade and the unity of many nations. The supreme and lasting importance to the world was the extension of the Greek culture; secondly, a vast territory was opened up which had been useless as a desert until the conquered nomad tribes had been trained to follow civilized ways of life, with the resultant impetus given to the building of cities, the creation of harbors, ships and other aids for travel on land and sea; thirdly, financial and economic reforms; and lastly, the partial realization of Alexander's dream of universal toleration for all religions and the brotherhood of mankind. ...
