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Alexander the Great (20/07/ - 10/06/)
Alexander the Greatwas king of the Macedon, Emperor General of the Panhellenic Coalition against the Persian Empire, successor to the Pharaohs of Egypt, and Lord of Asia and northwest India.His time marked the transition of the ancient world from the Classical Antiquity to the Hellenistic Era.
Born in Pella, Macedonia, in BC, his parents were King Phillip II of Macedoniaand princess Olympiasof Epirus.
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According to tradition, it was during the night he was born that Herostratus set the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus ablaze and the magi of the city foretold Asia’s fall. Another legend mentioned by Plutarch says that before consummating her marriage, Olympiashad a dream in which a thunderbolt struck her womb, while Phillip had a dream in which he sealed his wife’s womb with a lion-engraved seal.
His first tutor, Leonidas, a relative of Olympias, taught young Alexander arithmetic, geometry, music and horse riding.
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