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LIFE OF ALEXANDER
356 BCE: Alexander born 20 or 26 July, father Philip king of Macedon eyes Persia
354: Demosthenes of Athens condemns Philip’s Persian campaign (gives public speeches known
as “Philippics”)
352: Two Persian leaders seek refuge with Philip
351: Philip’s fleet harasses Athenian shipping
348: Athenian attempts to unite Greek states against Philip fail
346: Philip sends embassies to Athens, slowly marches toward Peloponnese and takes gradual
control of Greece
343: Pact of non-aggression signed between Philip and Persia; Aristotle becomes Alexander’s
tutor
340: Greek allies meet in Athens; Philip raids Byzantium and Asia Minor; Alexander left as
regent of Macedon, raids and founds Alexandropolis
338: Philip crushes Thebans at Chaeronea; Alexander sent with ambassadors to Athens; Philip
marries again, sending Alexander & mother Olympias into exile
337: Hellenic League (led by Philip) convenes and ratifies crusade against Persia
336: Darius III comes to power in Persia; Philip is murdered at daughter’s wedding; Alexander
becomes king of Macedon and captain of Persian campaign
335: Alexander crushes Theban revolt, subdues Thrace and Illyria
334: Alexander invades Asia Minor; battle of Granicus; siege and capture of Miletus
333: Gordium; Darius marches from Babylon; battle of Issus in September; first peace offer from
Darius
332: Siege of Tyre; Phoenicia captured; Alexander crowned pharaoh in Egypt; second peace
offer from Darius
331: Founds Alexandria; crosses Euphrates; final peace offer from Darius; battle of Gaugamela;
Darius flees; Babylon falls
330: Persepolis taken and sacked; Darius pursued, murdered by own general Bessus
329: Crosses Hindu Kush; Darius’ killer Bessus surrenders and is killed by Alexander
327: Marries Bactrian princess Roxane to pacify northern Afghanistan; invades India
326: Bucephalus dies; army mutinies and demands to go home
325: Return march through Gedrousian desert with parallel naval return through Persian Gulf
324: Return to Persepolis; then Susa, then Ecbatana; Hephaestion dies
323: Return to Babylon; Alexander dies June 10/11 after developing fever after party (likely
typhoid); empire divided among 4 generals (Ptolemies in Egypt, Antigonids in Asia
Minor but absorbed by Seleucids, Seleucids in Mesopotamia & Persia, Macedonians in
Greece)