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Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 20 July 356 BCE
- Died
- 10 June 323 BCE
- Conflict
- Wars of Alexander the Great
- Place of birth
- Pella
- Place of death
- Babylon
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Alexandros
- Father
- Philip II of Macedon
- Mother
- Olympias
- Spouse
- Roxana, Stateira, Parysatis II
- Sibling
- Europa of Macedon, Philip III of Macedon, Caranus, Cleopatra of Macedon, Cynane, Thessalonike of Macedon
- Present in work
- Vows of the Peacock, Civilization VI, Civilization V
- Said to be the same as
- Dhu'l-Qarnayn
- Occupation
- politician, military leader, monarch
- Position held
- king of Macedonia, pharaoh
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Religion
- Ancient Greek religion, Greek mythology
- cause of death
- typhoid fever
- depicted by
- bust of Alexander the Great, Athens, Relief Bust of Alexander the Great, Papagos, Bust of Alexander the Great, Parikia, Bust of Alexander the Great, Chaidari, Alexander the Great statue, Thessaloniki, Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, Giannitsa, Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great (Pella), Bust of Alexander, Kozani, Alexander the Great Memorial, Polykastro, Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, Edessa, Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great (Litochoro), Equestrian statue of Alexander the Great, Nea Roda
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Encyclopedic Lexicon, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Parallel Lives, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- Pseudo-Alexander the Great, Alexander the Great
- family
- Argead dynasty
- influenced by
- Aristotle
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Ancient Greek
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- heterochromia
- military, police or special rank
- commander-in-chief
- mount
- Bucephalus
- name in native language
- Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' ὁ Μέγας
- owner of
- Bucephalus
- permanent duplicated item
- Q22828658
- place of burial
- Alexandria
- significant place
- Macedonia
- student of
- Aristotle, Anaximenes of Lampsacus
- time period
- Macedonia, Greco-Roman Egypt, Hellenistic period, Macedonian Egypt
- topic's main category
- Category:Alexander the Great
- unmarried partner
- Barsine, Bagoas, Hephaestion, Campaspe
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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