One of the most well-known rulers in ancient history was Alexander the Great.
He was known as Alexander III or Alexander of Macedonia, was a king of Macedonia who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms.
Alexander the great birthday is on 20-21 July – as he was born back in 356 BCE, the date is not accurately known.
Alexander the Great’s Birthday is on 20/21 July, 356 BCE and he was born at Pella in Macedonia. From age 13 to 16 he was taught by Aristotle, who inspired him with an interest in philosophy, medicine, and scientific investigation.
The great Alexander succeeded his father King Philip II at the age of 20, to the throne, and spent the majority of his reign undertaking a lengthy military expedition across Western Asia and Northeastern Africa.
He had built one of the biggest empires in history by the age of thirty that ranged from Greece to northeastern India. Furthermore, he is also regarded as one of history’s finest and most effective military leaders who have gone undefeated in war.
As Alexander the Great Birthday is known to everyone, very few people are aware of the fact Olympias ( Alexander’s mother) was Philip’s primary wife for a while. Furthermore, the day Alexander was born, it is believed that Philip was organizing a siege on the city of Potidea on the Chalcidice peninsula.
On the very same day, Philip received the news of his general Parmenion defeating the united Illyrian and Paeonian troops at the Olympic Games, and that his horses had won. The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World was also reported to have burned down on the same day.
As a result, Hegesias of Magnesia claimed that it had burned down because Artemis was away, attending the birth of this noble figure. Everyone believed that such traditions had arisen during Alexander’s reign only at his request. It was all done to demonstrate that he was superhuman and destined for grandeur from birth.
