Alexander the Great By EmilyRann 356 BCE Alexander's Birth 346 BCE Alexander Trains with his War Horse Bucephalus 343 BCE King Phillip Hired Aristotle to Teach Alexander 336 BCE Alexander Becomes King 336 BCE King Phillip II Dies 334 BCE Alexander Invades Persia and its Empire 333 BCE Alexander Unites the Gordian Knot 331 BCE Alexander Conquers Egypt. 331 BCE Alexander Overthrows Asian Empire 331 BCE Conquers Babylon 328 BCE First Wife Roxanna 326 BCE Bucephalus Dies 326 BCE Overthrown King of Northern India 326 BCE Alexander Dies 316 BCE Alexander's Mother Passes