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323
he fell ill with a fever and died. He was not yet 33 years old.He died in Babylon in 323 BC, before realizing a series of planned campaigns that would have begun with an invasion of Arabia.
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333
After spending the winter campaigning in Asia Minor, Alexander's army crossed the Cilician Gates in 333 BC, and defeated the main Persian army under the command of Darius III at the Battle of Issus in November.
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334
Alexander's army crossed the Hellespont in 334 BC with approximately 42,000 soldiers from Macedon and various Greek city-states, mercenaries, and feudally-raised soldiers from Thrace, Paionia, and Illyria
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336
When Philip was assassinated in 336 B.C., Alexander became king of Macedon and inherited his father's plans for an invasion of Asia.
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356
Alexander was born in 356 B.C. in Pella, Macedon