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As a conclusive end to the long rivalry between Greece and Persia, Alexander destroys the great palace of Xerxes at Persepolis
Alexander adopts the ceremonial dress and court rituals of of his new Persian empire
Alexander begins two years moving with his army through his vast new territories, establishing Greek settlements
Alexander marries Roxana after subduing the territories of her father, a Bactrian chief in the modern region of Aghanistan
Alexander takes a major new step, leaving Persian territory and moving through the mountain passes into India
Alexander's famous horse Bucephalus dies in India and is commemorated in the name of a new town, Bucephala
In the Indian monsoon Alexander's Greek troops have finally had enough and threaten to mutiny unless he turns for home
Back in Persia, to emphasize that Greece and Persia are now one, Alexander marries eighty of his senior officers to Persian wives
Alexander and his companion Hephaestion marry daughters of Darius III
When the army reaches Ecbatana, Hephaestion dies of a fever and the grief-stricken Alexander erects shrines in his memory
Alexander, still only 33, dies in Babylon following a banquet
The spread of Greek rule by Alexander introduces the Hellenistic age, which will last for three centuries
Alexander's generals decide that the joint heirs to his throne shall be his half-brother (Philip III) and his posthumous son by Roxana (Alexander IV)
Real power will remain with the Macedonian generals, who after much dispute divide up Alexander's empire among themselves
In the carve up of Alexander the Great's empire, Ptolemy wins Egypt and founds the Ptolemaic dynasty – with himself as the pharaoh Ptolemy I
Ptolemy manages to acquire Alexander the Great's corpse, to lend authority to his rule in Egypt
Seleucus wins control of a vast area, comprising the eastern part of Alexander's empire from the Mediterranean to India
Alexander's corpse, hijacked by Ptolemy, becomes a sacred relic in Alexandria
Chandragupta Maurya seizes the throne of Magadha, in India, and establishes the Mauryan dynasty
Ptolemy begins to transform Alexandria into a centre of Greek culture, founding his famous 'museum' and library
Philip III is killed on the orders of Olympias, the mother of Alexander
Seleucia is founded as a new capital on the Tigris, eclipsing Babylon and recycling much of the older city as building material
The first Roman road, the Via Appia, links Rome with Capua
Pytheas, a Greek explorer, sails up the west coast of Britain and finds beyond it a more northerly land which he calls Thule
Alexander IV and his mother Roxana are murdered by order of Cassander (by now the self-proclaimed king of Macedonia)
