Born in 356 BCE in Pella, Alexander the Great became one of history's most ... At the age of 20, following the assassination of his father, King Philip II, Alexander was crowned king at the ...

For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

Today, Alexander the Great is widely considered antiquity ... whom Alexander claimed as his father. The oracle of Zeus-Ammon confirmed this lineage following Alexander’s visit to Egypt.

Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child of the Greek golden age. His father hired the great philosopher, Aristotle, and asked him to ...