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356 BCE
Birth of Alexander
born in Pella, Macedonia -
343 BCE
Aristotle to tutor Alexander
Greek philosopher Aristotle is hired to tutor Alexander -
340 BCE
Studying finished with Aristotle
Alexander finishes studying with Aristotle and joins his fathers army at age 16 -
338 BCE
Alexanders first battle
Macedonians meet Athenians and Thebans in battle Chaeronia -
336 BCE
Celebration and Death
King Philip celebrates departure to attack Persia and marriage of his daughter Cleopatra but is assassinated by his bodyguard which causes Alexander to become the new king -
335 BCE
Rebellion
Thracians and Illrians rebel which causes state of Thebes to rebel as well. Alexander crushes the rebellion and those who opposed were either killed or sold into slavery -
334 BCE
Departure
Alexander departs for Asia to follow his fathers dreams and conquering the Persians despite his advisors being against it -
333 BCE
Alexander spends winter at Gordium
while he was there, a legend is told that he solves the Gordian knot, stories told that whoever solved the puzzle ruled all of Asia -
331 BCE
Alexandria city
Alexander the Great creates the city of Alexandria which is meant to be a Greek hub of commerce and culture -
331 BCE
Babylon
Alexander conquers Babylon, he incorporates Persian culture to hold his empire together. -
328 BCE
Drunk mistakes
Alexander becomes drunk at a party and accidently kills his close friend Cleitus, this works for Alexander since his men begin to fear him -
327 BCE
marriage
Alexander marries Roxane, it was meant to be a political alliance -
326 BCE
more land
Alexander and his men travel to defeat king Porus, his army refuses to go any further so he is forced to return to Babylon -
323 BCE
Death of Alexander
he dies of a fever in Babylon
