Alexander the Great
356 BC to 2010
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Alexander the Great across 6 places, from 356 BC to 2010. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Alexander the Great was documented, and when
20 July 356 BCexact date
Pellaattested
“Alexander III was born in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, on the sixth day of the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion, which probably corresponds to 20 July 356 BC (although the exact date is uncertain).”
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338 BCyear
Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)attested
“He thus resolved the eternal problem of an army conducting operations deep into enemy territory, Svechin states, in an "exemplary manner." After his victory at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), Philip II began the work of establishing hi…”
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338 BCyear
Achaemenidattested
“He thus resolved the eternal problem of an army conducting operations deep into enemy territory, Svechin states, in an "exemplary manner." After his victory at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), Philip II began the work of establishing hi…”
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November 326 BCmonth
Indiaattested
“Alexander apparently had two children by Roxana: a son, who was born in India and died in infancy in November 326 BC, and Alexander IV of Macedon, born after his father's death.”
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11 June 323 BCexact date
Babylonattested
“On either 10 or 11 June 323 BC, Alexander died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, in Babylon, at age 32.”
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2010year
Arcadiaattested
“Another poisoning explanation put forward in 2010 proposed that the circumstances of his death were compatible with poisoning by water of the river Styx (modern-day Mavroneri in Arcadia, Greece) that contained calicheamicin, a dangerous…”
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Places Alexander the Great is documented in
India1 presence · 326 BC
Achaemenid1 presence · 338 BC
Arcadia1 presence · 2010
Babylon1 presence · 323 BC
Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)1 presence · 338 BC
Pella1 presence · 356 BC
Other places tied to Alexander the Great in the record
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338 BCyear
Thermopylaementioned
“Philip and his army joined his son in 338 BC, and they marched south through Thermopylae, taking it after stubborn resistance from its Theban garrison.”
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338 BCyear
Pellamentioned
“When Philip returned to Pella, he fell in love with and married Cleopatra Eurydice in 338 BC, the niece of his general Attalus.”
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337 BCyear
Dodonamentioned
“In 337 BC, Alexander fled Macedon with his mother, dropping her off with her brother, King Alexander I of Epirus in Dodona, capital of the Molossians.”
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25 October 336 BCexact date
Aegae (Macedonia)mentioned
“In the 24th day of the Macedonian month Dios, which probably corresponds to 25 October 336 BC, while at Aigai (near modern Vergina) attending the wedding of his daughter Cleopatra to Olympias's brother, Alexander I of Epirus, Philip was…”
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334 BCyear
Thracementioned
“Taking over the invasion project of Philip II, Alexander's army crossed the Hellespont in 334 BC with approximately 48,100 soldiers, 6,100 cavalry, and a fleet of 120 ships with crews numbering 38,000 drawn from Macedon and various Greek…”
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333 BCyear
Ciliciamentioned
“In spring 333 BC, Alexander crossed the Taurus into Cilicia.”
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333 BCyear
Tarsus, Mersinmentioned
“Alexander appears to have introduced a new coinage in Cilicia in Tarsus, after the Battle of Issus in 333 BC, which went on to become the main coinage of the empire.”
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333 BCyear
Battle of Issusmentioned
“At Issus in 333 BC, his first confrontation with Darius, he used the same deployment, and again the central phalanx pushed through.”
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331 BCyear
Ancient Egyptmentioned
“During his brief months in Egypt, he reformed the taxation system on the Greek models and organized the military occupation of the country, but in early 331 BC he left for Asia in pursuit of the Persians.”
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331 BCyear
Battle of Gaugamelamentioned
“Leaving Egypt in 331 BC, Alexander marched eastward into Achaemenid Assyria in Upper Mesopotamia (now northern Iraq) and defeated Darius again at the Battle of Gaugamela.”
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331 BCyear
Battle of Megalopolismentioned
“The one exception was a call to arms by Spartan king Agis III in 331 BC, whom Antipater defeated and killed in the battle of Megalopolis.”
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326 BCyear
Punjabmentioned
“On the subsequent advance of the Macedonian king, Omphis accompanied him with a force of 5,000 men and took part in the Battle of the Hydaspes against the King Porus, who ruled territory lying between the Hydaspes and the Acesines (Chena…”
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326 BCyear
Battle of the Hydaspesmentioned
“On the subsequent advance of the Macedonian king, Omphis accompanied him with a force of 5,000 men and took part in the Battle of the Hydaspes against the King Porus, who ruled territory lying between the Hydaspes and the Acesines (Chena…”
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324 BCyear
Susamentioned
“Alexander reached Susa in 324 BC, but not before losing many men to the harsh desert.”
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2014year
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