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==Life==
==Life==
Alexander was born in 356 BC to [[Philip II of Macedon]]. While growing up, Alexander was tutored by [[Aristotle]] from whom he learned philosophy and geography among other subjects. Alexander's father was a warrior and unified Greece under his overall rule after defeating them militarily. A young Alexander successfully led a cavalry regiment during this campaign in the decisive [[Battle of Chaeronea]]. Phillip planned to conquer [[Persia]] next, but was assassinated in 336. It is generally agreed that Alexander was not part of the plot, although his mother who was estranged from Phillip might have been.
Alexander was born in 356 BC to [[Philip II of Macedon]]. While growing up, Alexander was tutored by [[Aristotle]] from whom he learned philosophy and geography among other subjects. Alexander's father was a warrior and unified Greece under his overall rule after defeating them militarily. A young Alexander successfully led a cavalry regiment during this campaign in the decisive [[Battle of Chaeronea]]. Phillip planned to conquer [[Persia]] next, but was assassinated in 336. It is generally agreed that Alexander was not part of the plot, although his mother who was estranged from Phillip might have been.
==Education==
[[Philip II]], himself a student of [[Epaminondas]] prized his own education in the [[Liberal arts|liberal arts]] and spared no expense in his education.<ref>[[Quintus Curtius Rufus]], History of Alexander, 1.9</ref> To this end he recruited the famous [[Aristotle]] to be his constant companion and tutor until Alexander crossed into [[Asia Minor|Asia]].<ref>[[Quintus Curtius Rufus]], History of Alexander, 1.9</ref>
==Ruler of Macedonia==
==Ruler of Macedonia==
* [http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABP2287-0057-71 Benjamin Ide Wheeler, "Alexander the Great. The Invasion of Asia and the Battle of the Granicus" (1899)]
* [http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABP2287-0057-71 Benjamin Ide Wheeler, "Alexander the Great. The Invasion of Asia and the Battle of the Granicus" (1899)]
=References=
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[[Category:Military History]]
[[Category:Military History]]