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This list contains settlements established or re-established on the order of Alexander the Great himself, often in his presence and always before his death in 323 BC.It does not include any posthumous foundations or refoundations; nor does it include settlements which only claimed a relationship to the Macedonian king.
Pages in category "Cities founded by Alexander the Great" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"According to Libanius, a 4th-century AD native of the city, Alexander planned to found a city on the future site of Antioch, but did not have enough time to do so; he did however set up a shrine to Zeus and a small fortress. " --> "According to Libanius, a 4th-century AD native of the city, Alexander planned to found a city on the future site ...
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Alexandria Eschate (Attic Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη, Doric Greek: Αλεχάνδρεια Ἐσχάτα, romanized: Alexandria Eschata, "Furthest Alexandria") was a city founded by Alexander the Great, at the south-western end of the Fergana Valley (modern Tajikistan) in August 329 BC. [1]
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία) also known as Alexandria in Drangiana was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. [1] The town was founded during an intermediate stop between Herat, in what is now Afghanistan, the location of another of Alexander's fortresses, and ...
Alexandria in Orietai was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. [1]The town was founded by Alexander in autumn of 325 BC after his army had separated from Nearchus and the boats near the mouth of the Indus River.
All five agree that Alexander founded two cities, one on each side of the Indus, naming one Nikaia and the other Boukephala. [2] Craterus, one of Alexander's leading generals, was appointed to construct and fortify the new cities, a task he had performed a few months earlier at Arigaion (an ancient city possibly located under modern Nawagai).