Alexander the Great By 19maddockt0309 356 BCE Alexander the Great's Birthday 339 BCE Alexander Spends his Time Studying his Father's Strategies 338 BCE Alexander Plays an Important Role when Macedonia Fights Thebes and Athenians 338 BCE Alexander and his Father Achieve their Goal of Controlling Most of Greece 338 BCE Alexander Marries Cleopatra 336 BCE King Phillip II is Assassinated 336 BCE Alexander Becomes King of Greece 334 BCE Alexander Starts Conquest of Persia 334 BCE Alexander the Great Gains Key Ports in Persia 334 BCE Alexander Leads Troops to Gordia and Takes it Over 331 BCE Alexander Founds Alexandria 330 BCE Alexander Rules Asia 326 BCE Alexander is Shot and Almost Killed 324 BCE Alexander Becomes Ill while Planning in Babylon 323 BCE Alexander Dies