Alexander The Great, King Of Macedonia Alexander The Great,King Of Macedonia, is one of history's foremost military leaders.Alexander established an empire that extended from Greece to India. He was the first to be called "the great". He conquered the Persian empire and annexed it to Macedonia. Alexander was the son of Phillip the second and Olympas. He was born in 356 B.C. ,and was brought up as a crown prince. Alexander was taught for a time by Arisdotle,a Greek philosipher,and he aquired a love for the works of Homer, and an infatuation with the Heroic Age. When his father Phillip divorced his mother Olympias to marry a younger princess Alexander fled. Although allowed