In 340 B.C., the ever-so ambitious King Philip II of Macedonia assembled a huge army and invaded Thrace, hoping to add to his prosperous empire. Philip left a then 16-year-old Alexander III in charge of Macedonia while he was fighting in the battlefields of Thrace, a job that Alexander had no trouble being successful at, especially as he would watch his military genius of a father perform his magic on Macedonia as he was a child, transforming it into one of the finest territories of its time. Alexander was motivated even further by his father when he was winning numerous battles in the Balkans. Then, one day, the real test came for Alexander. As the Macedonian army was showing the potential to be victorious in Thrace, the Thracian tribe of Maedi bordering north-eastern Macedonia rebelled. Almost instantly, Alexander put together an army, marched against the rebels, defeated them, captured their fortress and to make his victory even sweeter, Alexander named their fortress Alexandropolis after himself. Due to his huge victory, Alexander was able to cement himself in Macedonia and other territories as a young, but capable leader with many people beginning to fear him. Even better, after his victory, Alexander was given a commanding post among the senior generals by his father, Philip. Consequently, Alexander became more renowned and got to prove his masterly capabilities on the battlefield.
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