The Battle of Chaeronea
Philip II and young Alexander bring Greece under Macedon
In 338 BC King Philip II of Macedon defeated the alliance of Athens and Thebes; his 18-year-old son Alexander led the left wing and broke the enemy line. Philip united the Greeks in the League of Corinth for a war on Persia, but he was murdered in 336 BC and the campaign passed to Alexander.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- 333 BC The Battle of Issus — 5 years later
- 331 BC Battle of Gaugamela — 7 years later
- 323 BC Death of Alexander the Great — 15 years later
Africa
- 331 BC Founding of Alexandria — 7 years later
Asia
- c. 322 BC Founding of the Maurya Empire — 16 years later
Alive at the time
- Aristotle (aged 46)
- Alexander the Great (aged 18)
- Mencius (aged 34)
- Epicurus (aged 3)
- Chandragupta Maurya (aged 2)
- Diogenes of Sinope (aged 74)
- Shang Yang (aged 52)
- Olympias (aged 37)
- Zhuangzi (aged 31)
- Ptolemy I Soter (aged 29)