Alexander the Great

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Also known as Alexander III of Macedon, Alexander, Eskandar, Sikandar, Alexander of Macedonia, Alexander III, Great Alexander, Alexandros the Great

Alexander III of Macedon, most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20, and spent most of his reign conducting a lengthy military campaign throughout Asia and Egypt. By the age of 30, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders.

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Alexander the Great was a male human monarch, politician, and military leader of the Argead dynasty. Born in Pella in 356 B.C., he served as king of Macedonia and pharaoh. He was the son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias. His notable works include *Aleksandrida* and *Hē phyllada tou meg' Alexandrou ē Historia tou megalou Alexandrou tou Makedonos*. He participated in the Wars of Alexander the Great and rode the mount Bucephalus.

He was a student of Aristotle and Anaximenes of Lampsacus. His spouses were Roxana, Stateira, and Parysatis II, and his children were Alexandros IV of Macedon and Heracles of Macedon. He also had unmarried partners including Barsine, Bagoas, Hephaestion, and Campaspe. He practiced the Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology. He died in Babylon in 323 B.C.

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Born: 356 B.C.
Died: 323 B.C.
Works: 23

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I prencipi di Giovanni Botero Benese, con le aggionte alla Ragion di stato nuouamente poste in luce
Aleksandrida
The upright lives of the heathen briefly noted
Hē phyllada tou meg' Alexandrou ē Historia tou megalou Alexandrou tou Makedonos
Le roman d'Alexandre

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1712-01-24
Active to: 1786-08-17

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5 total works indexed

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
· 2015 · cited 30,072x
SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 23,988x
QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,457x

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Macedonia
Place of birth: Pella
Place of death: Babylon
Spouse: Parysatis II
Child: Heracles of Macedon
Father: Philip II of Macedon
Mother: Olympias
Sibling: Thessalonike of Macedon
Occupation: monarch
Position held: pharaoh
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Religion: Greek mythology
Family: Argead dynasty
Noble title: king
Student of: Anaximenes of Lampsacus
Conflict: Wars of Alexander the Great
Military rank: commander-in-chief
Image: Alexander the Great mosaic (cropped).jpg
Said to be same as: Dhu'l-Qarnayn

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Commons category: Alexander the Great
topic's main category: Category:Alexander the Great
date of death: 0323-06-10
influenced by: Aristotle
unmarried partner: Campaspe
Commons gallery: Alexander the Great
mount: Bucephalus
name in native language: Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' ὁ Μέγας
place of burial: Alexandria
cause of death: typhoid fever
manner of death: natural causes
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
present in work: Civilization V
date of birth: 0356-07-20
owner of: Bucephalus
writing language: Ancient Greek
relative: Neoptolemus I of Epirus
different from: Alexander the Great
medical condition: epilepsy
P8168: heme protein
P12749: Populus × canadensis
significant place: Macedonia

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