Alexander of Macedon
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Alexander of Macedon is the name of several kings of Macedon :
- Alexander I of Macedon was king of Macedon from 500 BC or 498 BC to 450 BC,
- Alexander II of Macedon was king of Macedon from 370 BC to 368 BC,
- Alexander III of Macedon (also known as Alexander the Great) was king of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. He conquered the Persian Achaemenid Empire, and extended the boundaries of his own empire as far as Punjab, India.
- Alexander IV of Macedon was Alexander the Great's son and reigned as a child-king of Macedon from his birth in 323 BC to his death in 310 BC,
- Alexander V of Macedon was king of Macedon from 297 BC or 296 BC to 294 BC.