Birth of Alexander

Birth of Alexander

365 BCE

He is born in Pella, was the son of Phillip ll, king of Macedonia.

Phillip hires the Greek philosopher

343 BCE

Aristotle teaches Alexander to appreciate philosophy, geography, Greek poetry and scientific investigation.

Alexander finishes studying

340 BCE

Phillip controls all the Greek city-states except Athens and Thebes.

Macedonians meet the Athenians and Thebans the battle at Chaeronea

338 BCE

Alexander leads the attacks against the Thebans, while his father leads the attack against the Athenians.

Philip celebrates his upcoming departure to attack Persia.

336 BCE

Alexander becomes king of Macedonia at the age 20.

Thracians and Illyrians rise up in rebellion.

335 BCE

Greek city-states of Thebes to rebel, and Alexander quickly besieges the city and razes it to the ground.

Alexanders leads the Macedonian army against the Persian at the Granicus river

334 BCE

the Persians retreat, and Alexander's army moves across the southern coast of Asia toward Gordium.

He creates the city of Alexandria

331 BCE

Alexander moves from one major Persian city to the next.

Alexander becomes drunk at a banquet

328 BCE

He and his close companion Cleitus, who saved his life at the battle of Granicus, fall into an argument.

In the summer of 327

327 BCE

after conquering eastern Iran and capturing Prince Oxyartes, Alexander marries Roxane, the prince's daughter.

Hopping to ad even more territory to his empire.

326 BCE

Alexander and his troops cross the Hindu Kush into northern India.

Death of Alexander

323 BCE

Alexander falls ill with a sudden fever.