Events
July 356 BCE
Alexander III is born346 BCE
Alexander tames Bucephalus359 BCE
Philip II becomes king
of Macedonian Empire338 BCE
Philip II officially conquers
Greek empire, with the help
of his son357 BCE
King Philip II marries Olympias336 BCE
Olympias and Alexander
flee to Epirus after Philip's
assassination336 BCE
Philip II is assassinated
by his bodyguard at the marriage
of his daughter and his
brother-in-law, Alexander I of Epirus338 BCE
Philip II remarries to
Cleopatra Eurydice336 BCE
Cleopatra Eurydice, her children,
her father Attalus, and others are
killed by Alexander and his
mother, Olympias336 BCE
Alexander becomes king
of Macedonian Empire335 BCE
Alexander responds to an
Illyrian revolt in present-day
Albania335 BCE
Alexander returns his army
to Thebes (where a rebellion
was underway) and ransacks
the townPeriods
343 BCE - 340 BCE
Alexander is tutored
by Aristotle
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