Well, Alexander was a conquerer, the greatest of all times, and a certain ambivalence is the nature of all conquest - one side gets the fame and the other one the grief.
I have often thought of what would have happened if the Great had stopped in Babylon, leaving Iran alone. There would have been a truly different empire. A cohesive Makedonian empire that would have been much stronger than the successor states. But knowing where to stop requires great wisdom, and going to the extremes in every aspect was a central trait of Alexander's character. If he had stopped, he would not have been the Great as the greatest of all times, just a mere Frederick II. Who's great enough in my opinion, and more successful in the long run, but with just that Alexander could have never been satisfied. He wanted everything, and yes in that regard his death was a relieve. Empires take time, the slower they grow, the longer they last.
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