ALEXANDER TAKES THE FIRST STEP TO GREATNESS AT THE GRANICUS!

In May 334 B.C. the 21 year old king of Macedon, Alexander son of Philip, led the army his father had bequeathed to him into Asia. While young, Alexander was already a proven and successful commander, prepared to begin his storied career as one of history’s greatest master of war and conqueror. But he would have to survive his first trial of arms against the forces of the Persian Empire, in what would prove his more perilous battle!

Philip II, that wily statesman and gifted general who had subdued Greece and forged a Hellenic alliance against Persia before being struck down by an assassin’s blade;  raised his eldest son, Alexander, to lead in his footsteps. From Philip Alexander had learned the arts (and sciences) of war and kingship, and so confident was Philip in his preternaturally gifted son and heir that he had entrusted Alexander with command of an…