Alexander the Great

By ew29
  • Alexander the Great is born
    356 BCE

    Alexander the Great is born

  • Becomes king of Macedonia and Greece
    336 BCE

    Becomes king of Macedonia and Greece

    He becomes king of Macedonia and Greece at age 20 after his father King Phillip II is murdered by his own bodyguard
  • Alexander crosses Hellespont into Anatolia
    334 BCE

    Alexander crosses Hellespont into Anatolia

    He crosses Hellespont into Anatolia with the goal of defeating King Darius III and councuring the Persian Empire. Alexander wins the battle but does not defeat Darius III or conquer Persia (YET)
  • Alexander fights Darius at Issus
    333 BCE

    Alexander fights Darius at Issus

    Darius had a larger army, but Alexander the Great used his phalanx formation to win the battle. Darius fled and Alexander couldn’t catch him, but he captured Darius’s wife and children.
  • Battle of Gaugamela
    331 BCE

    Battle of Gaugamela

    This was the final battle with Persia in which Darius III realized he couldn't win and fled but later died therefore Alexander won the battle and became King of Persia
  • Alexander the Great conquered Egypt
    331 BCE

    Alexander the Great conquered Egypt

    Alexander conquered Egypt in 331 B.C. after which he founded the city of Alexandria and was proclaimed son of the god Zeus-Ammon. In Egypt, Alexander didn't force the people to adopt his religion or culture and then left after designing the city of Alexandria
  • Marries Roxanne
    327 BCE

    Marries Roxanne

    He married a Persian woman Roxanne (Darius III's daughter) and convinced his soldiers to marry Persians too
  • Alexander the Great dies of an illness
    323 BCE

    Alexander the Great dies of an illness

    When Alexander reached India his soldiers wanted to return home, and on the way back to Greece Alexander became Ill and died in Babylon (Iraq) at the age of 32