Alexander the Great was born in Pella, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia in northern Greece, in 356 BC. The exact date is not known, but it was probably 20 or 26 July. " Alexander the Great" by Nigel Cawthorne, page 1

With the conquests of Alexander the Great more than the dream of Isocrates became actual fact. A Hellene was now lord over a vast tract of Asia. What attitude would the Hellene in these new circumstances take up to the barbarian? page 57 It does not, of course, follow from Alexander's desire to merge the Greeks in ...