Alexander the Great By ares(troy) 356 BCE Alexander the Great's born 340 BCE Alexander the Great puts down a revolt in Maedi as a regent 338 BCE Alexander helps his father win the Battle of Chaeronea. 336 BCE Alexander the Great becomes ruler of Macedonia 334 BCE Alexander the Great wins the Battle of the Granicus River against Darus III of Persia 333 BCE Alexander the Great wins the Battle of Issus against Darus 332 BCE Alexander the Great wins the Siege of Tyre, attacks Gaza, which falls 331 BCE Alexander the Great founds Alexandria. He also wins the Battle of Gaugamela against Darius 328 BCE Alexander the Great kills Black Cleitus for an insult at Samarkand 327 BCE Alexander the Great marries Roxane, and begins march to India 326 BCE Alexander the Great wins the Battle of River Hydaspes against Porus, Bucephalus dies 324 BCE Alexander the Great's troops mutiny at Opis 323 BCE Alexander the Great dies at Babylon in the palace of Nebuchadnezzer II