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Alexander was born around July 19/20, 356 B.C. the son of King Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus. He was half Macedonian
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While father Philip went off to fight rebels, Alexander was made regent in Macedonia. During Alexander's regency, the Maedi of northern Macedonia revolted. Alexander put down the revolt and renamed their city Alexandropolis.
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Fought near the city of Chaeronea, between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of city-states led by Athens and Thebes. The battle was the culmination of Philip's final campaigns and resulted in a decisive victory for the Macedonians
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His father Philip was assassinated, and Alexander became ruler of Macedonia.
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Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large force of Greek mercenaries led by Memnon of Rhodes.
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Between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III, in the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of Asia. The invading Macedonian troops defeated Persia
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Alexanders founds the city of Alexandria during his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, becoming one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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Sacks and burns Persepolis; trial and execution of Philotas; assassination of Parmenion
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Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush from Gandara to Bactria in order to pursue the Persian leader Bessus.
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Alexander marries Roxane and begins march to India
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Alexander wins Battle of river Hydaspes against Porus; Bucephalus dies
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Alexnader marries Stateira and Parysatis at Susa; Troops mutiny at Opis; Hephaestion dies;
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Alexander the Great died in Babylon aged 32, having conquered an empire stretching from modern Albania to eastern Pakistan. One explanation is a lethal dose of a toxic substance that pervaded the corpse and slowed the rate of decomposition. This suggests that Alexander was poisoned,
