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Timeline Notes: Alexander the Great

By CDurr
  • 356 BCE

    Alexander the Great is born.

    Alexander the Great is born.
  • 340 BCE

    Philip II of Macedon is at war, he wants to control Greece.

    Philip II of Macedon is at war, he wants to control Greece.
  • 338 BCE

    Philip controls most of Greece.

  • 338 BCE

    Cleopatra and Philip marry.

  • 336 BCE

    Festivals in honor of gods before expansion to Asia.

    Festivals in honor of gods before expansion to Asia.
  • 336 BCE

    Philip is assassinated, Alexander becomes king.

  • 335 BCE

    Alexander looks for a prophecy and it says “You are invincible”.

  • 333 BCE

    Alexander finds his Persian enemy at Ises.

    Alexander finds his Persian enemy at Ises.
  • 332 BCE

    Alexander leads his army in Egypt and becomes a Pharaoh.

  • 331 BCE

    Alexander realizes that he must take down Persia in order to move to Asia. He beats him in a huge battle to move in.

  • 330 BCE

    Alexander rules all of Asia.

    Alexander rules all of Asia.
  • 330 BCE

    Alexander gets married to Roxane.

    Alexander gets married to Roxane.
  • 324 BCE

    Alexanders close friend, Hephaestus, dies of an unknown illness.

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander dies of an unknown cause (illness, drinking, arrow shot, etc.)

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander’s body is hijacked in Egypt.