The Life of Alexander the Great Quiz

Answer: July 356 BC

Alexander the Great was the Greek king of Macedon in the northern part of ancient Greece. He was born in Pella in 356 BC.

Answer: Philip II

Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II of Macedonia, to the throne in 336 BC after Philip was assassinated.

Answer: Roxanne

Roxanne was a Bactrian princess and the wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain.

Answer: Pella

Pella, an ancient Greek city located in Pella Prefecture of Macedonia in Greece, was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.

Answer: Hephaestion

Alexander formally made Hephaestion his second-in-command when he appointed him Chiliarch of the empire.

Answer: Persia

Persia is modern Iran, and the Persian name means 'Land of the Aryans'. (This name was adopted in 1935 as the official designation of the country).

Answer: 20

Alexander the Great became king of Macedon at the age of 20 as his father Phillip II was the youngest son of the king Amyntas III and Eurydice I. In his youth, Philip was held as a hostage in Thebes, which was the leading city of Greece during the Theban hegemony.

Answer: Beas

The Beas is part of the Indus system of rivers but to the east of the Indus itself. Alexander's soldiers in effect mutinied.

Answer: Iraq

He died in 323BC in Babylon. The name of the city is derived from the word 'Babilla', which means 'gateway of gods'. He had begun executing a series of planned campaigns that would have begun with an invasion of Arabia. In the years following his death, a series of civil wars tore his empire apart.

Answer: The cause is unknown

On the afternoon of June 10-11, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon. He was just one month shy of attaining 33 years of age. Various theories have been proposed for the cause of his death which include poisoning by the sons of Antipater or others, sickness that followed a drinking party, or a relapse of the malaria he had contracted in 336 BC.

Obviously, there has been much speculation about foul play.