where was alexander the great born

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where was alexander the great born

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where was alexander the great born? was it macedonia or somewhere else?
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Alexander was born in what was the kingdom of Macedonia, part of which was in what is now in northern Greece, but which also comprised other bits of the Balkans. All the bestMarcus
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I believe he was born at pella in macedonia, he was the son of King Phillip....the only greek king in the greek ancient history who wanted to unite greece.tromeros sti pracsi !!!!
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Alexander son of King Philip of Macedonias,whos Capital was Pella.The Macedonial rulers that tried unification of the Hellas states.Hail King Philip and Alexanders the Macedonians of the 16 point star.kenny
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"the only greek king in the greek ancient history who wanted to unite greece".Not the only one, actually. Demetrius Poliorcetes restored the Corinthian League; Antigonus Gonatus and his successors tried the same policy.Jona
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True, but all these were a bit "slow" in the process.
Oh well! the Romans came and "unified" them for good!
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