Ancient Greece - Alexander the Great
Time: 336 BC
Place: Greece
Details: Alexander, son, and successor of Philip, continued the war. In an unequaled series of campaigns, Alexander defeated Darius III of Persia and completely destroyed the Achaemenid Empire, annexing it to Macedon and earning himself the epithet 'the Great'.
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