Alexander the Great was not satisfied, even when he had completely subdued the nations. He wept because there were no more worlds to conquer; and died at the age of thirty-three in a state of debauchery.
Hannibal, who filled three bushels with the gold rings taken from the knights he had slaughtered, committed suicide by swallowing poison. Few noted his passing, and he left the world completely un-mourned.
Julius Caesar, "dyeing his garments in the blood of one million of his foes," conquered eight hundred cities, only to be stabbed by his best friends at the scene of his greatest triumph.
Napoleon, the feared conqueror, after being the scourge of Europe, spent his last years in banishment.