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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

356–323 BCE

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Student of Aristotle who remade the map through speed and will — a case study in bold leadership and the costs of conquest.

Story so far

  1. 356 BCEpersonal

    Birth in Pella

  2. c. 343–340 BCEhighlight

    Education under Aristotle

  3. 340 BCEwork

    First command and founding of Alexandropolis

  4. 338 BCEhighlight

    Battle of Chaeronea

  5. 336 BCEhighlight

    Accession to throne

  6. 335 BCEcontroversy

    Destruction of Thebes

  7. 334 BCEhighlight

    Invasion of Persian Empire

  8. 333 BCEhighlight

    Battle of Issus

  9. 331 BCEhighlight

    Battle of Gaugamela

  10. 326 BCEhighlight

    Battle of the Hydaspes

  11. 323 BCEdeath

    Death in Babylon

  12. post-323 BCElegacy

    Hellenistic legacy

Life chapters will appear here once the autobiography track is generated.

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