Alexander the Great (356–323 BC)

Alexander III of Macedon (July 356 BC – June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II, to the throne at the age of twenty.

He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India.