Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king that I think saw his daddy the king killed when he was younger and his mother brought him up well for greatness. Conquered almost all the known world in his time. Too bad all great ppl die young. Look at Mozart. (keeping my fingers crossed that I will die young as well) Anyway, there was this BBC programme on him. Think it was called “Who Killed Alexander the Great. Some random facts from the programme included (from what I can remember…. Don’t quote me on this…)
1) He was bisexual. Had many females that he slept with and one male lover that was his best friend as well.
2) Could have died from the west nile virus when trying to invade Egypt but was most likely poisoned by something root extract thingie that was supposed to be a medication that he overdosed on.
3) Was alcoholic. Must have a pretty buggered up liver as he can drink gallons of wine at a sitting. Usually drank others under the table.
4) Was a little of a megalomaniac near his end. Named something like 7 cities after him.

Thessaloniki, unfortunately was not. It was named after his sister.