Alexander the Great By Jayshonna1 356 BCE Was born 343 BCE Was being tutored by Aristole 340 BCE Alexander completed his education 338 BCE Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry 336 BCE Became king of Macedonia 335 BCE Alexander conquered the Thracian Triballians 334 BCE He attacked the Persians 332 BCE Crowned pharaoh in Persia 328 BCE Alexander defeated King Porus' armies in northern India 327 BCE Alexander crossed the Indus River and wanted to push deeper into China 325 BCE Alexander made it back to Greece 323 BCE The year he died