Life of Alexander the Great By J053ph 356 BCE Alexander's Birth 343 BCE Aristotle Teaches Alexander 340 BCE Alexander Joins his Father's Army 339 BCE Alexander Reads documents of His Father's Battles and is Inspired 338 BCE Alexander Leads an Army for the First Time 336 BCE Philip's Assassination and Alexander Crowned King 335 BCE Alexander Goes to Delphi 334 BCE Alexander Heads for Asia 333 BCE Alexander solves the Gordian Knot 332 BCE Alexander Conquers Egypt 331 BCE Alexander Conquers Babylon 330 BCE Alexander Pursues Darius Leading to Darius's death 327 BCE Alexander Marries Roxane 326 BCE Alexander Severely Injured in Battle 323 BCE Alexander Dies Period: 356 to 323 Life of Alexander the Great