Alexander the Great

Philip II of Macedonia 359-336 BC

• 357 Married Olympias• July 20, 356 Birth of

Alexander• 356 Philippi founded • 352 Philip gained

control of Thessaly• 342-339 Conquest of

Thrace• Aug. 2, 338 Battle of

Chaeronea

Philip II

• League of Corinth

• 336 Darius III became Great King of Persia

• 336 Philip assassinated

Alexander as King

• 336 Alexander recognized as king

• 335 Spring-Aug. Alexander secures power base

• Oct. 335 Thebes destroyed

• 334 Alexander crossed the Hellespont with 42,000 troops

War with Persia

• May 334 Battle of the Granicus River

• 333 Gordian Knot• Oct. 333 Battle of

Issus• Jan.-Aug. 332 Siege

of Phoenician • Nov. 332 Alexander in

Egypt

• Jan-Mar. 331 Alexandria founded

• Consultation of the Oracle of Ammon at Siwah Oasis

• Oct. 1, 331 Battle of Gaugamela

• Oct.-Dec. fall of Babylon, Susa, and Persepolis

• 330 Persepolis burned• June 330 Ecbatana fell;

Greek allies dismissed• July Darius III

assassinated; killers executed

• Sept 330 Trial and execution of Philotas and Parmenion

• 327 Alexander married Roxane; execution of Callisthenes

Alexander Invades India

• 327 Alexander invaded India

• 326 Battle of Hydaspes

• Troops refuse to go further into India

• 325 Near fatal wounding near Mali

Alexander’s Death

• 324 Alexander returned to Babylon

• Oct. 324 Death of Hephaestion

• 323 Greeks acknowledge Alexander’s divinity

• June 10 Death of Alexander

Legacy of Alexander

• Hellenistic world• Empire divided• Ptolemy• Seleucus• Macedonia• Greek States

(Antigonid Empire)