Alexander The Great

  • 356 BCE

    Birth

    Alexander The Great was born
  • 356 BCE

    Birth

    Birth
    Alexander the great was born
  • 338 BCE

    Childhood

    Cleopatra married Alexander's father, Phillips
  • 338 BCE

    Childhood

    Alexander makes fun of his dad on his wedding day with Cleopatra
  • 338 BCE

    Adult hood

    Cleopatra married Alexander's dad, Phillip.
  • 336 BCE

    Childhood

    Phillip dies
  • 336 BCE

    Childhood

    With Phillip's death, Alexander takes throne
  • 334 BCE

    Adult hood

    Alexander cuts the knot
  • 334 BCE

    Adult hood

    Adult hood
    Battle of Granicus occurred.
  • 333 BCE

    Adult hood

    Adult hood
    Battle of Issus
  • 332 BCE

    Adult hood

    Alexander becomes a pharoah
  • 331 BCE

    Adult hood

    Adult hood
    At Gaugamela, Alexander won the battle to be the king of Asia. He became the richest man in the world
  • 330 BCE

    Adult hood

    Alexander wanted to capture and hold Darius prisoner. His army marched for two weeks to catch up with the Persian empire. They caught up while Darius was on his last breath.
  • 329 BCE

    Adult hood

    Macedonian army is on their way to India. Alexander marries a girl on the way.
  • 326 BCE

    Adult hood

    He continued to India. Their army had horses & elephants while Alexander just had people. Alexander suffered an injury that almost killed him.
  • 324 BCE

    Adult hood

    Alexander had a friend, Hephaestion, that died which devastated Alexander. .
  • 323 BCE

    Adult hood

    Alexander had an illness that killed him. No one knows what killed him, it could be a variety of things.
  • After Death

    After Death
    Phillip's tomb was found.