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Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) was a son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias. He became King of Macedonia (Alexander III of Macedon, 336-323), conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian empire, and the first Greek-speaking ruler to attempt world dominion.
See "Alexander the Great." The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Vol. I. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1991:59.
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