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Alexander the great

  • 323

    death

    Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC
  • Period: 323 to 356

    alexander

    Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC
  • 331

    leaving egypt

    Leaving Egypt in 331 BC, Alexander marched eastward into Mesopotamia
  • 333

    Alexander's army crossed the Cilician Gates

    Alexander's army crossed the Cilician Gates in 333 BC,
  • 334

    Alexander's army crossed the Hellespont

    Alexander's army crossed the Hellespont in 334 BC with approximately 42,000 men
  • 336

    assasinated

    In 336 BC, whilst at Aegae, attending the wedding of his daughter by Olympias, Cleopatra, to Olympias's brother, Alexander I of Epirus, Philip was assassinated by the captain of his bodyguard
  • 356

    birth

    Born in Pella Macedon