Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great (l. 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE, r. 336-323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon (r. 359-336 BCE) who became king upon his father's death in 336 BCE and then conquered most of the known world of his day.
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357 BCEMarriage of Olympias to Philip II of Macedonia.
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21 Jul 356 BCE - 11 Jun 323 BCELife of Alexander the Great.
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346 BCEAlexander tames Bucephalus, his war horse.
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343 BCEKing Philip II of Macedon summons Aristotle to tutor his young son Alexander (later 'The Great').
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2 Aug 338 BCEThe Battle of Charonea gives Athens to the Macedonian victors. Agora takes on Macedonian characteristics.
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336 BCE - 323 BCEReign of Alexander the Great.
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335 BCEAlexander the Great receives Celtic ambassadors in the Balkans.
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334 BCEEphesos liberated from Persian rule by Alexander the Great.
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334 BCE - 323 BCECampaigns of Alexander the Great.
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334 BCESardis surrenders to Alexander the Great.
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May 334 BCEAlexander the Great invades the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
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May 334 BCE - 324 BCEAntipater is regent of Macedon in Alexander's absence.
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333 BCEAlexander the Great conquers Aleppo.
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5 Nov 333 BCEBattle of Issus. Alexander the Great is victorious against Darius III of Persia.
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332 BCEAlexander the Great sacks Sidon.
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332 BCEAlexander the Great sacks Baalbek and renames it Heliopolis.
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332 BCEConquest of the Levant by Alexander the Great who destroys Tyre.
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332 BCEAlexander the Great conquers Phoenicia and turns toward Egypt.
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Jan 332 BCE - Jul 332 BCEAlexander the Great besieges and conquers Tyre.
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Dec 332 BCEAlexander the Great visits the Oracle of Ammon at Siwa and is declared "master of the Universe" and son of Ammon.
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331 BCEEgypt is conquered by Alexander the Great without resistance.
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Jan 331 BCEAlexander the Great founds Alexandria at the port town of Rhakotis in Egypt.
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c. Oct 331 BCESusa surrenders without contest to Alexander the Great who sacks it.
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1 Oct 331 BCEBattle of Gaugamela. Alexander the Great calls himself "King of Asia."
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May 330 BCEPersepolis is burned and looted by Alexander the Great.
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329 BCEAlexander the Great wins a decisive battle at the Iaxartes river against the Scythians.
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Jan 329 BCE - May 327 BCEAlexander conquers Bactria and Sogdiana.
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c. Jul 329 BCEAlexander the Great founds Alexandria-Eschate on the Iaxartes and destroys Cyropolis.
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327 BCE - 326 BCEAlexander's campaign in northern India.
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c. Mar 327 BCEAlexander the Great marries the Bactrian girl Roxanne.
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May 326 BCEBattle of Hydaspes where King Porus of the Paurava kingdom met a disastrous defeat at the hands of Alexander the Great.
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Jun 326 BCEDeath of Bucephalus.
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Sep 326 BCEAlexander the Great halts his eastward march and turns back from the banks of the river Beas, Punjab, India.
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c. 325 BCE - c. 320 BCEGreek rule in Gandhara, ending some time after the death of Alexander the Great.
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Jan 324 BCEAlexander the Great orders restoration work in Pasargadae.
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Oct 324 BCEDeath of Hephaestion.
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323 BCEAlexander the Great receives Celtic delegations in Babylon.
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322 BCE - 275 BCEThe Wars of the Diadochi, also known as the Wars of Alexander's Successors.
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316 BCEDeath of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great.
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310 BCEAssassination of Roxanne and Alexander IV, wife and son of Alexander the Great.
