Alexander the great

Alexander The Great Timeline

  • Birth
    356 BCE

    Birth

    Alexander was born in Pella
  • Horse
    344 BCE

    Horse

    Bucephalus was Alexander's horse and one of his favorites. When he first met the horse no one else could tame it except for him.
  • Tutor
    343 BCE

    Tutor

    Aristotle was summoned by King Philip II to tutor Alexander and accepts the offer.
  • 340 BCE

    Military

    After graduating from Aristotle, Alexander joins his fathers army
  • 338 BCE

    Leader

    Alexander leads the attack against the Thebans
  • 337 BCE

    Tension

    King Philip marries Cleopatra Eurydice. This act angers Alexander and his mom because if they were to have a baby, that baby would rule over Alexander. Alexander and his mom flee
  • Death of Philip II
    336 BCE

    Death of Philip II

    A body guard of King Philip, Pocanious was jealous that King Philip chose a new body guard over him and assassinates King Philip.
  • Alexander and Persia
    334 BCE

    Alexander and Persia

    Alexander and his troops travel to fight Persia and are greatly underestimated by them, but Persia gets beat badly.
  • The Gordian Knot
    333 BCE

    The Gordian Knot

    This knot was thought to be impossible to untie, and that whoever unties it will rule all of Asia. Alexander pulls out his sword and slices the knot in half.
  • Tyre
    332 BCE

    Tyre

    Alexander tries to go to a temple in Tyre, but is refused because the people thought that it would be a trap and that he'd try and take it from them. This angers Alexander and he gathers his troops and fights for 7 months till he wins. He kills everyone there, but the people who were in the temple.
  • 332 BCE

    Egypt

    After Alexander conquers Syria, he goes south and easily conquers Egypt
  • 331 BCE

    Babylon

    Alexander is on the hunt for Darius and meets him at Gaugamela. Alexander overwhelms him and his troops and forces Darius to flee conquering Babylon.
  • Husband and Wife
    327 BCE

    Husband and Wife

    After conquering Iraq and capturing the prince, Alexander gets married to Roxana who was the princes daughter.
  • 324 BCE

    Hepheastion

    Hepheastion was one of Alexanders closest friends and died
  • Death
    323 BCE

    Death

    Alexander comes down with mild fever which then turned into a mysterious illness killing him