Alexander the Great
King of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356-323 BC) · Historical Figures · Lived 356 BC to 323 BC · aged 33
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Something wrong?He took the throne at 20, swept through the Persian Empire undefeated, and by 30 had built an empire stretching from Greece to India - then died in Babylon before he could go further.
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Archaeological site of Pella, Greece, Alexander's birthplace
Roman medallion depicting Olympias, Alexander's mother
Philip II of Macedon, Alexander's father
Battle plan from the Battle of Chaeronea
Pausanias assassinates Philip II, Alexander's father, during his procession into the theatre
The Macedonian phalanx at the "Battle of the Carts" against the Thracians in 335 BCIn their own words 10
, What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do.
Know ye not that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered?
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another.
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Born in Pella and tutored by Aristotle until 16, Alexander succeeded his father Philip II in 336 BC and immediately crushed resistance in the Balkans before destroying Thebes. He launched his invasion of Persia in 334 BC and broke the Achaemenid Empire through victories at Issus and Gaugamela, overthrowing Darius III and claiming the entire realm. He pushed into India in 326 BC and defeated King Porus at the Hydaspes, but his troops mutinied at the Beas River and forced the turn home. He died in 323 BC at 32 in Babylon, the city he'd meant to make his capital, ending plans for Arabia and triggering civil wars that tore his empire apart. The cities he founded, the Greek culture he planted across Asia, and the legends that coalesced into the Alexander Romance made him the measure against which commanders have judged themselves ever since.
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