Diomedes boldly replied with some questions of his own. “O Emperor,” he said, “what could possibly give you the right to travel the whole world, taking by force things that do not belong to you? What gave you the right to occupy the land of Egypt? Who made you king of Persia? By what authority did you invade the land of India?
Alexander stared at the man in amazement, and Diomedes went on speaking. “Because I use only my own boat,” he said, “I am called a pirate. You, however, use your army and your navy, and so you are proclaimed an emperor. If you ask me who is the greater criminal, I cannot say. I do know, however, that if I had such weapons at my disposal, I would be an emperor too.”
https://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2013/07/greek-legend-alexander-pirates.html
Thanks. Interesting.