Alexander [III] - Alexander

…Reigned 336-323 BC. Also known as Alexander III. Born to Philip II of the Argeads and his wife Olympias, who was from the Molossian royal family to the west, Alexander ascended to the throne in 336 BC and two years later set out on an expedition to the East, destroying the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and establishing a vast world empire that extended to Central Asia and northwestern India. However, he died of an illness in Babylon in 323 BC at the age of 32, leaving both his internal and external campaigns unfinished. …

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…在位，前336‐前323年。アレクサンドロス3世とも呼ばれる。アルゲアス王家のフィリッポス2世と西隣モロシア王家出身の妃オリュンピアスとの間に生まれ，前336年即位，2年後東方遠征の途につき，アケメネス朝ペルシア帝国を滅ぼして中央アジア，インド北西部にいたる広大な世界帝国を実現したが，その活動は内治･外征の両面で未完のまま，前323年32歳でバビロンに病没した。…

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