Alexander The Great Timeline

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  • Alexander is born
    356 BCE

    Alexander is born

  • 338 BCE

    Philip (Alexander's Father) marries Cleopatra

  • 336 BCE

    Philip dies at the Festival of the Gods

  • Alexander becomes king after father's death
    336 BCE

    Alexander becomes king after father's death

  • Unties the knot and proves he rules Asia
    334 BCE

    Unties the knot and proves he rules Asia

    He cut the rope instead of uniting it which he was accused of cheating but they accepted it
  • 333 BCE

    Battle of Isis

  • 332 BCE

    Alexander leads his army to Egypt

    He later becomes a Pharaoh
  • Has a battle in Guagamela
    331 BCE

    Has a battle in Guagamela

  • Burns down the Persepolis
    330 BCE

    Burns down the Persepolis

    Drunk and confused, he burned down the palace. When he sobered, he regretted his decision.
  • 330 BCE

    Doubts he will still be king of Asia

  • 327 BCE

    At 29, Alexander marries

  • 326 BCE

    Begins campaign in India

  • 324 BCE

    Hephaestus dies of illness

  • 324 BCE

    Alexander gets infected with same disease

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander dies from the illness

    He also says "Who ever is the strongest may receive my land" and then passes