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Philip was born in either 383 or 382 BC, and was the youngest son of King Amyntas III and Eurydice of Lynkestis. [5] [6] He had two older brothers, Alexander II and Perdiccas III, as well as a sister named Eurynoe.
While Alexander worried that his father would leave him "no great or brilliant achievement to be displayed to the world", [222] he also downplayed his father's achievements to his companions. [221] Alexander's mother Olympia similarly had huge ambitions, and encouraged her son to believe it was his destiny to conquer the Persian Empire. [221]
Bust depicting Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. Antipater was a right hand man to Philip II, [14] often serving as regent when Philip was away on campaign. When Thrace again threatened Macedon's northern border in 340 BC, Antipater campaigned in the area and turned over the regency to a teenage Alexander the Great. [18]
The Palace of Aigai was built by Alexander the Great’s father, Phillip II, and completed in 336 B.C., officials said. Alexander was proclaimed king of Macedonia in the monumental complex that ...
It is also possible that some of Alexander the Great's armor could have been buried at the tomb, as Arrhideaus wore Alexander's garments when he ascended to the throne in 323 BC, although he did not fight in battles himself. A hand-hammered iron helmet found in Tomb II matches Plutarch's description of Alexander's helmet. [11]
When Alexander the Great died on June 10, 323 BC, he left behind a huge empire which comprised many essentially independent territories. Alexander's empire stretched from his homeland of Macedon itself, along with the Greek city-states that his father had subdued, to Bactria and parts of India in the east.
In the 1956 Richard Burton film Alexander the Great, he was played by Stanley Baker. [12] In the 1990 and 1991 historical fiction books Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince by David Gemmell. Attalus is portrayed as an assassin, swordsman and later general of Philip II of Macedonia. [13] In the 2004 film Alexander, Attalus was portrayed by actor Nick ...
There is evidence to suggest that orally transmitted legends about Alexander the Great found their way to the Quran. [26] In the story of Dhu al-Qarnayn, "The Two-Horned One" (chapter al-Kahf, verse 83–94), Dhu al-Qarnayn is identified by most Western and traditional Muslim scholars as a reference to Alexander the Great. [27] [28] [29]