What is the most common misstake great men troughout history

>>3268989
It seems you've already answered your question. They get too arrogant. They think the world has already been conquered, so they fail to stop when they're ahead, and overextend catastrophically.

>>3268989
Normalfag answer but >invading Russia
Unless you are Russia in which case >invading Finland

>>3269173
You stole my answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris

To be fair to Alexander, it was less losing it all, and more, not taking the time to properly oversee his empire and ensuring a secure succession of power in the event of his death (again, TBF, most people don't expect to drop dead in their early thirties).

Compare that to Genghis Khan, who took the time to carry out the more tedious work of ruling and, according to Dan Carlin, was reminded by his wife of the need for a plan of succession. It probably helped his case that unlike most, Genghis lived long enough to mellow out and think about the future.

Napoleon was a normalfag who never knew the depth of the autism of the e*rangutan aristocracy