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Life
Alexander III of Macedonia Agid dynasty (οἱ Ἀργεάδαι), King Philip II (Φιλιππος Β ') and the Greek world, countries of Western Man Epirus (Ήπειρος) son of Princess Olympia. As the Olympia peremptory and mysterious personality, and likes to sleep with the snakes (Plutarch), together with the impact of her Alexandria, she was so Philip detest. Her son Alexander has great influence. Alexander often during the expedition wrote to his mother described horizons. Legend of the desert West Alexandria in Egypt, Temple of Amon had seen some strange things, but he is absolutely silent, only willing to write to tell his mother just one person. Letter was lost, so to see Alexander in the end what has become a mystery. Because at that time rumors of Macedonia and the oracle of Ammon was that at the time recorded is generally believed that Alexander the son of Zeus, such as Plutarch legend (Plutarch, 2.2): was born in Alexandria before the Olympia dream of thunder and lightning, Philip II was dreamed sealed with the seal lions Olympia vagina.
337 BC, Philip II and Olympia divorced, then married a Macedonian nobleman Etalusi (Aτταλoς)'s niece Clio Petra (Κλεοπάτρα). When Etalusi Philip II and Clio in Petra's wedding reception commented that the royal family of Macedonia, there will be a legitimate heir to the time (estimated concubine in the metaphor of the child will be replaced by Petra Clio Alexander became heir to the Kingdom), Alexander answered (Plutarch, 9.4):
"You see ah! A swept from Europe to Asia Minor to prepare the king, not even a chair are not leap."
In addition, some people said that when his father Alexander conquered a piece of land, will cried and said: "Is my father did not leave me a bit of land to conquer?"
Forced to form an alliance with Philip Greek city-states of Athens and Thebes to hatred of Philip II Philip II's assassination as an opportunity to regain independence. In order to win recognition of the Greek alliance, the former 336 year-end, Alexander led the army into the original rule was Philip II of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), successfully broke the resistance at the border of its nobility after being recognized as a new hereditary Thessaly rulers. After Alexander the south, makes surrender of Thebes, Athens, the people respect him as an honorary city.
Persian expedition early (before 334 ~ 333 years ago)
Alexander in Asia Minor and the small part of the troops first visit to Troy, he and his family and friends from childhood to 海菲斯提恩 (Ήφαιστίων) were offering Achilles and the "Iliad" in the relatives of Patroclus Achilles ( Πάτροκλος). Alexander then led the rest with the Pa Manniu join forces to continue to Persia, where the Governor's fortress Δασκύλιον. In the vicinity of the two Greek cities, Κύζικος independent of Persia, ∧ άμψακος not want to be "liberated", but troops are urgently needed supplies through conquest.
However, after the Battle of Granicus Alexander did not "liberated" as Δασκύλιον Africa and Greece Ionian city-states. He ordered the troops against looting, and the Kingdom of Persia follow the appointment of their local Governor, the Macedonia over the city and swallowed.
La Canada-US campaign to obtain high after the victory, Alexander led his army into Babylon and the two Persian capital of Susa and Persepolis. In order to prevent the Persian King Darius III (not Darius the Great) surrendered to Alexander, Bactria and the Chief Executive Bei Susi officers assassinated their king.
India (former 327 ~ 326 years ago)
Alexander has already war-weary men of the army, Alexander had to start Seogui the way, he also sent a series of adventure activities, including identification of the Indian River estuary, looking for the Persian Gulf, and the mapping of coastal maps, would like to find out whether the Caspian Sea sea or lake
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the July 2004 number "of new infectious diseases" magazine published a few papers, discussed the "Alexander died of West Nile virus" claim. At the same time, it was also pointed out that Alexander died of influenza infection.
* Macedonian - Greek dynasty as the center of the Anti Ke
To the first century BC Most of the western region of Greece, the Roman Republic was annexed. The area east of the Hellenistic empire expansion due to rest and Bactria (the big summer, also known as Tocharian) and was significantly reduced from a.
* 356 BC Alexander was born in Macedonian capital of Pella.
* 336 BC Philip II in the murdered her daughter's wedding, when he was 2-year-old Alexander to the throne as king of Macedonia.
* 332 BC along the eastern Mediterranean coast in south and attack Ti'er, reached Egypt.
* 329 ~ 327 BC in the eastern Iranian plateau for years, and Sager in Asia 巴克特利亚 that battle.
* 324 BC shuaibing back Bosilisi.