On July 20, 356 B.C., Olympius, the wife of King Philip the Second of Macedonia, gave birth to a son and named him Alexander. This boy eventually became known as Alexander the Great. The actual date of his birth still lies in question. Though July 20 seems to be the most widely accepted one, that date may have been chosen to align with other important dates in Alexander's life. It is also said that on the day …showed first 75 words of 2055 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2055 total…Ptolemy IX needed money, so he opened the tomb and melted down Alexander's sarcophagus to make gold coins. People were so enraged that Ptolemy would do such a thing to a legend, that Ptolemy was killed soon after. With no successor named on his death bed, his empire went out to generals and officers who would then become governors of sections of his empire. Soon after, Alexander the Great's empire split and crumbled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**