Wars of Alexander the Great 335 BC–322 BC

Macedon ⚔ Achaemenid Empire, Pauravas, Greek city states, Thrace, Getae, Sogdiana

Key battles

• Siege of Pelium (334 BC)
• Battle of Thebes (334 BC)
• Battle of the Granicus (333 BC)
• Siege of Halicarnassus (333 BC)
• Siege of Miletus (333 BC)
• Battle of Issus (332 BC)
• Siege of Tyre (331 BC)
• Siege of Gaza (331 BC)
• Battle of Gaugamela (330 BC)
• Battle of Megalopolis (330 BC)
• Battle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain (329 BC)
• Battle of Jaxartes (328 BC)
• Siege of the Sogdian Rock (326 BC)
• Battle of the Hydaspes (325 BC)

Who lived through the Wars of Alexander the Great

Well-known people alive during 335 BC–322 BC:

• Aristotle (383 BC–321 BC) — 4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
• Alexander the Great (355 BC–322 BC) — king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
• Euclid (333 BC–284 BC) — ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC) — ancient Greek philosopher
• Chanakya Kautilya (374 BC–282 BC) — Ancient Indian teacher and strategist who authored the foundational manual on political economy.
• Diogenes of Sinope (399 BC–322 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher
• Demosthenes (383 BC–321 BC) — classical Athenian statesman and orator (384–322 BC)
• Mencius (371 BC–288 BC) — Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)
• Menander (340 BC–290 BC) — Athenian playwright of New Comedy
• Theophrastus (370 BC–286 BC) — Greek philosopher (c.371-c.287 BC)
• Zhuang Zhou (368 BC–287 BC) — Chinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
• Chandragupta Maurya (339 BC–296 BC) — founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)
• Ptolemy I Soter (365 BC–285 BC) — Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt
• Darius III (379 BC–329 BC) — last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)
• Theocritus (400 BC–) — 3rd-century BCE Greek poet
• Seleucus I Nicator (357 BC–280 BC) — general of Alexander and founder of the Seleucid dynasty
• Qu Yuan (342 BC–277 BC) — Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)
• Pytheas (358 BC–288 BC) — ancient Greek explorer
• Roxana (346 BC–309 BC) — Bactrian princess and wife of Alexander the Great
• Herostratus (355 BC–301 BC) — ancient Greek arsonist
• Praxiteles (394 BC–329 BC) — Attic sculptor
• Apelles (369 BC–305 BC) — 4th century BC Greek painter
• Pyrrho (360 BC–270 BC) — Greek philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism (c.360-c.270 BC)
• Xenocrates (395 BC–313 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician and scholarch

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