Fun fact, Napoleon was a massive Alexander the Great fan, almost a fanatic, and he based a lot of his desires off Alexanders accomplishments. Now, Alexander had a very interesting little episode which went as followes: "It is reported that King Alexander the Great, hearing Anaxarchus the philosopher discoursing and maintaining this position: That there were worlds innumerable: fell a-weeping: and when his friends and familiars about him asked what he ailed. Have I not (quoth he) good cause to weep, that being as there are an infinite number of worlds, I am not yet the lord of one?"Napolion almost certainly knew of this famous anecdote and so it is not completely outside the bounds of reason to say that Alexander wanted to rule not only Earth, but the entire Galaxy, and that by extension so did Napoleon.
