Alexander the Great By 824fordc0227 356 BCE Alexander the Great was born 344 BCE Alexander fights his first battle 336 BCE King Philip dies and Alexander takes over as King 334 BCE Alexander cuts the knot 333 BCE Alexander's army is more powerful 332 BCE Alexander goes to Egypt and becomes Pharaoh 331 BCE Alexander has a near death experience in the Sahara Desert 331 BCE Alexander develops more strategic plan to take over Persia and Asia 330 BCE Alexander has the least amount of doubt that he isn't the right ruler for Asia 330 BCE Alexander's undefeated army marches toward Persia 327 BCE Alexander takes his first wife, Roxanne 327 BCE Alexander's first child was born and his name was Heracles 325 BCE Alexander's, Roxanne dies, so he remarries Stateira II 324 BCE Alexander's close friend and ally, Hephaestion dies of an unknown disease and Alexander is effected by this 323 BCE Alexander the Great dies