The first-born son of King Philip II of Pella and his seventh wife Olympiada.

His teacher was the famous Aristotle to whom he owes the shaping of his personality whichever that may have been.

At the age of 18, he was in charge of the selected cavalry with which he fought his way against the -until then- invincible sacred battalion of the Thebes.

In 336 B.C. when King Philip II was murdered by one of his bodyguards, Alexander pushed away all the throne embezzlers and became King of Pella at the age of 20.

Two years later, loyal to his father's wish for revenge, he leads 50,000 men to retain possession of the Greek cities, from the territory which is now Turkey to the territory which is now Pakistan.

Alexander was one of the few people who have left unfading trails throughout history. He was remarkably short (a little about 150 cm), strongly built and extremely handsome.

His short life-time was full of astonishing achievements such as the taming of his famous horse Voukefalas, the cutting of the Gordian Bond, not to mention the uncountable battles he won due to his incomparable military genius.

He believed his origin to be divine, so he offered sacrifices to the gods on a daily basis.

He routed the enormous Persian Army in all battles to the point that his conquests extended from Libya to India.

He built lots of cities from which thirteen took his name "Alexandria" and was worshiped in Egypt as a God ...Pharaoh.

Alexander died at the age of 33 in Babylon of fever or of poison as some historians tend to believe.

His enormous yet so ephemeral empire was divided to his successors.