Alexander the Great Timeline
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Updated: 24 Feb 2020
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Created byBenjamin Saline
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Born at Pella, Macedonia, to King Philip II and OlympiasBattle of ChaeroneaAlexander becomes ruler of MacedoniaWins Battle of the Granicus River against Darius III of PersiaWins Battle at Issus against DariusWins siege of Tyre; attacks Gaza, which fallsFounds Alexandria. Wins Battle of Gaugamela against DariusSacks and burns Persepolis; trial and execution of Philotas; assassination of ParmenionCrosses Hindu Kush; goes to Bactria and crosses the Oxus river and then to Samarkand.Kills Black Cleitus for an insult at SamarkandMarries Roxane; begins march to IndiaWins Battle of river Hydaspes against Porus; Bucephalus diesMarries Stateira and Parysatis at Susa; Troops mutiny at Opis; Hephaestion diesDies at Babylon in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II
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