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Born in Pella, Macedonia.
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Phillip hires Greek philosopher Aristotle tutor Alexander for three years.
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He ends his tutoring with Aristotle at age 16 and joins his fathers army.
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Alexander leads the attack against the Thebans, and defeat the Greeks.
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Alexander becomes king of Macedonia at the age of 20 after fathers death.
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Thracians and Illyrians rise up in rebellion therefor Alexander besieges the city and razes it to the ground to show that Alexander is as powerful as his father.
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Alexander starts planning for his campaign against the Persians. His advisers object and Macedonia is bankrupt. Alexander ends up supplying his troops for a month by borrowing money to depart for Asia.
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Alexander spends his winter at Gordium (Turkey) and his troops attempting to untie the knot, which he sliced in half with one whip of his sword.
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creates city of Alexandria, which hubs the Greek commerce and culture. Alexander and Darius lead to battle. He then adopts Persian customs.
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Suffering from the tensions of warfare and command, Alexander becomes drunk at a banquet in the fall. Cleitus saves his life at the battle of Granius, and later fall in an argument which led to Alexander stabbing Cleitus with a spear leaving him with remorse.
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After his conquer of Iran and capturing Prince Oxyartes he marries the prince's daughter, Roxane, as a political alliance and insults Alexanders Persian mistress, Barsine.
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Alexander and his troops defeat the leader of a kingdom east of Hydaspes River, King Porus. After several months in India, his troops refuse to keep going which forces him to go back to Babylon.
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Alexander falls ill and dies in Babylon at age 32
