1. 4.5
Alexander the Great?

2. Early life Born 356 BCE to King Phillip II
Studied under Leonidas, Lysimachus, and Aristotle

3. Military Experience Fought in his first military expedition at age 16
Age 18 was given command of the Companion Calvary and helped defeat Athenian and Theban armies at Chaeronea
Once all the Greek states were united under Macedonian rule the alliance between Alexander and his father fell apart
Him and his mother were ostracised

4. Gaining the throne
King Phillip was assassinated at his daughter’s wedding
Alexander’s mother outmaneuvered and manipulated Phillip II’s other wives and put Alexander, age 20 on the throne
Alexander gained the support of the military and they helped murder other potential heirs and declared him feudal king

5. Corinthian League
Coerced the Greek States to accept Alexander as leader of the League by 336 BCE all but Athens agreed
Issued new treaties and gained full military control

6. Conquest Thracian Triballis in 335 BCE Massacre at Thebes
Defeated King Darius III armies in 334 BCE and 333 BCE
Declared himself King of Persia
Besieged Gaza en route to Egypt
Egypt fell easily in 332 BCE
Alexandria created in 331 BCE
Defeated the remainder of the Persian army
King of Babylon, King of Asia, King of the Four Quarters of the World

7. Conquest Eastern Iran Northern India in 328 BCE
Where his armies refused to advance any further
Marched into the Persian Gulf in 324 BCE
Many soldiers got sick and died
Recruited Persian soldiers into his army

8. The End
Alexander was said to be considering the conquest of Rome and Carthage in 323 BCE when he died of malaria