ALEXANDER THE GREATAlexander III of Macedon most known asAlexander the Great. He was born on July, 356 before Christ, In Pella, the capital of theKingdom of Macedon. He was son of the king Philip II and and his fourth wife, Princes Olimpia. He loved the epic poems that his governess read for him and there begins his admiration for Achilles, to who he tried to imitate the rest of his life.In his childhood Alexader was sent to Mieza where he received his military - physics training at the hands of Leonidas I. When he was 13 Philip appointed Aristoteles as tutor of philosophy, geography, zoology, literature, poetry, rhetoric, science and medicine. Aristotle was his tutor until Alexander was 16.When he was 18, leading the cavalry, won the battle of Chaeronea against the Medes. Two years later his father was killed and Alexander succeeded him to the throne at the age of twenty. Alexander spent the first years of his reign to impose his authority over Macedon, who after the death of Philip rebelled. In 334, at age 22, started the campaign against Persia, who was the historic enemy of Greece, together for the first time. On the banks of the Granicus River in Asia Minor, he won the eponymous battle against Persian forces of King Darius III, his first major victory, in which 31,000 Macedonians succeed against 80,000 Asians.Expansion of his empireThe Battle of Issus, Syria, is the definitive victory over Darius III, who fled leaving his family. Reached to other parts of Asia where was received as a hero. After passing through Phoenicia and Palestine, he went to Egypt, which opens its arms like a true liberator. He ruled this country for a long period, founding cities such as Alexandria. After a short period of calm, he left Egypt and went to the power center of Persia to complete his conquest. He crossed the Tigris and Euphrates and faced the Persian king again in the battle of Gagamela, one of the most spectacular of history, where 40,000 Greek soldiers and a great military strategist, defeated forces close to a million soldiers. After that Babylon and Sussa falled. Although his ambition carried himself to the Persian capital, Persepolis, who submitted without difficulty. From Punjab to Issus, Alexander seemed to have no limits. The campaign runs for 11 years until the murder of Darius at the hands of his own subjects, and inflict on Greek men a difficult physical and moral deterioration of sustain. Alexander ignored the weaknesses of his army and passed through Ecbatana, Bactria and Sugdiana, cities where the murderers of Darius lived. On the journey he meets Roxanne, Iranian princess and married for political reasons, the result of this union was a son, Alexander IV.Alexander: Expedition to IndiaAlexander decided go to India ignoring the discontent of his generals that only wanted return to their homes. Persian and Indian troops join to his rows. On the shores of Hispades defeated the king Poro; arrived to Patala and organized the return of all his army to their land. Along the way he married whith another Barsine, daughter of Darius III, then murdered by Roxana before giving birth to Alexander IV. Then he married with Parysatis, daughter of Oco.The end of Alexander the GreatAlexander died when he was 33 victim of malaria. The empire didnt survive to death of its creator. Succession struggles began and the wives and children of Alexander died, until the empire was divided among his generals (the Diadochi): Seleucus, Ptolemy , Antigonus , Lysimachus and Cassander. The resulting states were the called Hellenistic kingdoms, which maintained during the following centuries the ideal of Alexander to move the Greek culture to the East.