Alexander the Great's Conquest Timeline By Bgk41 356 BCE The date of Alexander the Great's birth 343 BCE Aristotle is hired to teach Alexander the Great 338 BCE The battle of Chaeronea is begun 337 BCE Olympia orders the death of Cleopatra's son and drive Cleopatra to suicide 336 BCE Phillip the II dies from a Sword wound 336 BCE Alexander is crowned king 334 BCE The battle of the Granicous begins 334 BCE Alexander the Great cuts the Gordium Knot 333 BCE The battle of Issus 333 BCE Alexander the Great refuses the offer for an Alliance between the Persians and Greece 333 BCE Alexander's troops captures King Darius' wives and unmarried daughters 333 BCE The Persian army is defeated at the Battle of Issus 333 BCE King Darius sends a letter to Alexander to try and set up an Alliance 326 BCE Alexander the Great gets an Arrow to lung 323 BCE Alexander the Great falls ill in Babylon and starts a 10 day struggle 323 BCE The date of Alexander the Great's death
