Alexander the Great
Ancient world conqueror
Alexander the Great was a king of ancient Macedon who lived from 356 to 323 BCE and conquered an empire stretching from Greece to northwestern India by age thirty.
His military genius and ambition made him one of history's most celebrated conquerors, and his name has become shorthand for extraordinary achievement at a young age.
The epithet "the Great" distinguishes him from other Alexanders and signals his outsized historical reputation.
Ancient Macedonian ruler
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- ThessalyGreek region, east-central
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- phalanxMassed infantry formation
Bucephalus · Hellenism · royal tombs · ancient Greece · Antigonid dynasty
Famous beyond ordinary measure
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- immortalizedMade permanently remembered
- celebratedWidely known and praised
- renownedWidely known and esteemed
illustrious · fabled · timeless · heroic · visionary · charismatic · transformative · influential
Iran's former name
- TyreHistoric Phoenician maritime center
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- PersepolisAchaemenid Empire's grand capital
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
campaign · battlefield · victory · warfare · invasion · expedition · triumph · subjugation
Subordinate provincial ruler
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- successionFollowing in order
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- provincesAdministrative regions within nations
governance · administration · expansion · unification · sovereignty · successor states · Ptolemy · fragmentation
Philip II
Ancient Macedonian ruler
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- ThessalyGreek region, east-central
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
phalanx · Bucephalus · Hellenism · royal tombs · ancient Greece · Antigonid dynasty
legendary
Famous beyond ordinary measure
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- immortalizedMade permanently remembered
- celebratedWidely known and praised
renowned · illustrious · fabled · timeless · heroic · visionary · charismatic · transformative · influential · Alexandrian
Persia
Iran's former name
- TyreHistoric Phoenician maritime center
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- PersepolisAchaemenid Empire's grand capital
India · campaign · battlefield · victory · warfare · invasion · expedition · triumph · subjugation · cavalry charge
satrap
Subordinate provincial ruler
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
- successionFollowing in order
- hegemonyDominant group's control
provinces · governance · administration · expansion · unification · sovereignty · successor states · Ptolemy · fragmentation · cultural fusion
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- historical rulersJulius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Genghis Khan
- MonarchsAugustus, Charlemagne, Constantine, Elizabeth I, Genghis Khan
- Warrior KingsGenghis Khan, Richard the Lionheart, William the Conqueror, Cyrus the Great, Julius Caesar
- Alexander the GreatBucephalus, Darius, Gordian knot, empire builder, world conqueror
- AlexandriaCleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Catacombs, Serapeum