Alexander the Great

Birth of Alexander

356 BCE

Alexander is born to King Philip II

Alexanders Teacher

343 BCE

King Philip hires a Philosopher named Aristotle to tutor Alexander

Alexander joins the Army

340 BCE

Alexander is done studying under Aristotle and joins his fathers Army.

Alexander leads his first battle

338 BCE

Alexander leads an attack on the Thebans while his father lead an attack against the Athenians. They both win their battles and now placing all Greek city- states except Sparta under Macedonian control.

Alexander becomes King

336 BCE

Alexanders father was assassinated and Alexander becomes King at the age of 20

Alexander is just as powerful as his father

335 BCE

Thracians and Illyrians rise up in rebellion, this inspiring the Greek city-states to rebel. This would not end well for them as Alexander besieges the the city and razes it to the ground. the inhabitants were executed or sold into slavery, this showing that Alexander is very powerful and has as much power as his father.

Alexander conquers Persia

334 BCE

Alexander sets out to conquer Persia, however he has no money to supply his troops, so Alexander borrows money and sets hist troops out to fight against the Persians. As the savage fighting goes on, Persia finally retreats and Alexander can now add Persia to his Empire.

Alexanders winter in Gordian

333 BCE

In Gordian, Alexander had solved a puzzle. According to legend, he solved the puzzle of the Gordian knot. the Legend was whoever could solve the puzzle would rule all of Asia.

The city of Alexandria

331 BCE

Created Alexandria to be a hub of Greek commerce and Culture. this is just one of the many cities Alexander would name after himself.

Alexander vs Darius

331 BCE

Alexander leads his army into battle against Darius and his army. With Alexanders army overwhelming Darius'. Darius orders his men to retreat and the Macedonians and Alexander are victorious. As they move along conquering one Persian city after another, Alexander conquers Babylon and takes treasure to distribute among his men. Also adopting Persian officials to hold his empire together.

Alexander kills Cleitus

328 BCE

Alexander gets drunk at a banquet and gets into an argument with his good friend Cleitus. As the argument continued, Alexander accidentally stabs and kills Cleitus. However this is a turning point for Alexander. The stabbing of Cleitus makes his officers fear him.

Alexander marries Roxane, daughter of Prince Oxyartes

327 BCE

After conquering eastern Iran and capturing prince Oxyartes, Alexander marries Roxane, the prince's daughter. This is an act of political alliance.

Alexander gets more territory

326 BCE

Wanting to add more land to his empire, Alexander and his troops cross the Hindu Kush into northern India and defeat King Porus. Gaining all this land, Alexander wanted to continue further and conquer more land. However his troops refused to go any further and Alexander was forced to return to Babylon.

Death of Alexander

323 BCE

Alexander dies of a fever on his way back to Greece.