Alexander the Great

By daniellerg16
  • 323

    Death

    Alexander died on June 10, 323 b.c. at the age of 32.
  • 331

    The New Lord of Asia

    In 331, at the Battle of Gaugamela (in present-day Iraq), he defeated the army of the Persian king, Darius III because of how Darius was murdered by his own nobles after this defeat, Alexander succeeded him as the new Lord of Asia.
  • 336

    King of Macedon

    Alexander had become King of Macedon in 336 b.c. and had inherited his fathers plans for invasion of Asia.
  • 336

    Conuering of the Persian Empire

    Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.), conquered the entire Persian Empire, from the Aegean Sea to India and around the Mediterranean to Egypt.
  • 356

    Birth

    Alexander was born 356 b.c. in Pella, Macedon (or Macedonia) in what is now part of Northern Greece.

  • Marching throught the cold weather

    In 338 B.C. they marched south through Thermopylae, which they took after a stubborn resistance from its Theban garrison. They went on to occupy the city of Elatea, a few days march from both Athens and Thebes.