Alexander the Great

By Luz Rodriguez
  • Olympias
    357 BCE

    Olympias

    Marriage of Olympias to Philip 2 of Macedonia
  • Birth of Alexander
    356 BCE

    Birth of Alexander

    He is born in pella Macedonia to king Philip 2
  • war an his horse
    346 BCE

    war an his horse

    Alexander tames Bucephalus his war horse
  • Aristotle becomes tutor of young Alexander.
    343 BCE

    Aristotle becomes tutor of young Alexander.

    King Philip II of Macedon summons Aristotle to tutor his young son Alexander (later 'The Great').
    Aristotle becomes tutor of young Alexander.
    The Battle of Charonea gives Athens to the Macedonian victors. Agora takes on Macedonian characteristics.
  • Battle of Chaeronea
    338 BCE

    Battle of Chaeronea

    the battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC near the city of chaeronea in boetia between the macedonians led by philip 2 of macedon and an allience of some of the greek city-states including athens and thobes
  • Alexander celtic
    335 BCE

    Alexander celtic

    Alexander the great receives Celtic ambassadors in the Balkans
  • Alexander invades the Persian empire.
    334 BCE

    Alexander invades the Persian empire.

    Alexander invades the Persian empire. Ephesons liberated from Persian rule by Alexander the great . Alexander the great sacks bealbek and renames it Heliopolis.
  • Alexander the Great conquers Syria and turns toward Egypt.
    332 BCE

    Alexander the Great conquers Syria and turns toward Egypt.

    Alexander the Great visits the Oracle of Ammon at Siwa and is declared "master of the Universe" and son of Ammon. Conquest of the Levant by Alexander the Great who destroys Tyre.
  • Alexander moves
    331 BCE

    Alexander moves

    Alexander moves from one major Persian city to the next conquering Babylon on October 18
  • Persepolis Alexander
    330 BCE

    Persepolis Alexander

    Persepolis is burned and looted by Alexander the Great.
  • Alexander conquers Bactria and Sogdiana.
    329 BCE

    Alexander conquers Bactria and Sogdiana.

    Alexander the great founds Alexandria eschate on the laxarte and destroys cytropolis .Alexander conquers bactrian and sogdiana
  • Alexander becomes drunk
    328 BCE

    Alexander becomes drunk

    suffering from the tensions of warfare at banquet in the fall
  • In the Summer
    327 BCE

    In the Summer

    On eastern Iran and capturing prince of Oxyarats and Alexander marries Roxanne ,the princes daughter
  • Alexander and his troops
    326 BCE

    Alexander and his troops

    Alexander and his troops cross the Hindu Kush into north india
  • Death of Alexander
    323 BCE

    Death of Alexander

    he dies of a fever in Babylon on his way back to Greece