who is alexander the great?

Answer 1

Alexander the Great - Birth :
Alexander the Great was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus. Alexander was born around July 20, 356 B.C. Olympias was not the only wife of Philip and there was much conflict between Alexander's parents.

Alexander the Great - Youth :
Alexander was tutored by Leonidas (possibly his uncle) and the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was during his youth that Alexander showed great observational powers when he tamed the wild horse Bucephalus. Later, when his beloved horse died, Alexander renamed a city in India for Bucephalus.
Alexander the Great - Regent :

In 340 B.C., while father Philip went off to fight rebels, Alexander was made regent in Macedonia. During Alexander's regency, the Maedi of northen Macedonia revolted. Alexander put down the revolt and renamed their city Alexandroupolis.
On 336 Philip was assassinated and Alexander the Great became ruler of Macedonia.

Alexander the Great - The Gordian Knot :
One of the legends about Alexander the Great is that when he was in Gordium, in Turkey, in 333, he undid the Gordian Knot which had been tied by the legendary King Midas. The prophecy about the Gordian knot was that the person who untied it would rule all of Asia. Alexander the Great is said to have undone the knot by slashing through it wilth a sword.

Alexander the Great - Major Battles :
Battle of the Granicus - 334 B.C. (western Turkey) against Persian satraps with Greek mercenaries.
Battle of Issus - 333 B.C. (Hatay province of Turkey) against King Darius of Persia
Battle of Gaugamela - 331 B.C. (northern Iraq) against King Darius of Persia
Battle of the Hydaspes - 326 B.C. (nothern Punjab, Pakistan) against King Poros who ruled a small kingdom, but had war elephants.

Alexander the Great - Death :
In 323 Alexander the Great returned to Babylonia where he became ill suddenly, and died. The cause of his death is unknown. It could have been disease or posion.

Alexander the Great - Wives :
Alexander the Great had three wives: Roxane, Statiera, and Parysatis.

Alexander the Great - Children :
Herakles, son of Alexander's mistress Barsine
Alexander IV, son of Roxane
Both children were killed before they reached adulthood.

Answer 2

Nobody. Such person does not exist.
If you refer to Alexander III from Macedony, he died a long time ago. He WAS son of king Philip.
When Philip was murdered by a guy named Pausanias, Alexander inherited his crown. He created the most efficient army of the time. He invaded Persia and defeated king Darius.
After that he continued to the East, conquered many lands, including Egypt, and stopping at the india because his soldiers refused to follow him.
He died when he was 33 y/o, approximately 3 centuries before Christ and his vast kingdom was divided by his generals in different countries

Answer 3

Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the Indus. In the second half of his reign, he had to find a way to rule his newly conquered countries. Therefore, he made Babylon his capital and introduced the oriental court ceremonial, which caused great tensions with his Macedonian and Greek officers.

Answer 4

King of Macedonia. He was Macedonain.

Answer 5

He was the king of Macedonia.He was the most powerful king in the world.

Answer 6

he was the son of phillip of macedonia;whom had tried to consolidate the rule of all of greece unto himself with eyes to later subdue and control asia minor and the persian armies there after!!it is rumored that his wife poisoned him to death or had him assassinated thus it fell to his son!!

Answer 7

macedonian general who led them and the conquered greek armies all the way to india in conquest after conquest

Answer 8

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Answer 9

SHAUN ALEXANDER of the SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.