The Life of Alexander the Great By WorldHistory4thBlock 356 BCE Alexander the Great is born 340 BCE King Philip is at war to control Greece 338 BCE Alexander becomes a Macedonian captain 338 BCE King Philip marries Cleopatra 336 BCE King Philip is killed by his bodyguard 334 BCE Alexander becomes king 332 BCE Alexander becomes pharaoh 331 BCE Alexander finds the temple of Amun 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela 331 BCE Alexander takes over Persia 327 BCE Alexander marries Roxanne 326 BCE Alexander nearly dies due to arrow in chest 324 BCE Hephaestion dies 323 BCE Alexander the Great dies Oct 4, 1977 King Philip's tomb found by archaeologists Not sure what day or month of 1977
