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356 BCE
Birth Of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great was born in Pella, Macedonia to King Philip II and Olympias in 356 B.C. -
340 BCE
Revolt of Maedi
Alexander ends the revolt within a year in 340 B.C. Maedi revolted against Macedonia -
338 BCE
Wins Battle
Alexander joins his father's army at the age of 16 and helps him with the attack against the Thebans and wins the war of Chaeronea in 338 B.C. Alexander leads the attack against the Thebans and they defeat the Greeks. All of the city states were under Macedonia Control except for Sparta. -
336 BCE
King
King Philip II gets killed leaving Alexander as the ruler of Macedonia at just 20 years old. -
334 BCE
Battle of Grancius
Cross hellespont into Antarctica and wins the Battle of Granicus against Darius III of Persia. When traveling they liberated a number of cities from Persian Rule. -
333 BCE
Battle of Issus
Alexander used his Phalanx formation and wins the battle of Issus against Darius in 333 B.C. since Darius had a bigger army. -
331 BCE
Battle of Gaugamela
Alexander finds Alexandria and wins the battle of Gaugamela against Darius and conquers Egypt. He created the city of Alexandria. -
323 BCE
Death of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great dies in Babylon, Iraq at the age of 32 rumored to be from Typhus in 323 B.C.