dirtnapp / is alexander the great alive or dead?
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- -356
- died
- -323
- age at death
- 33
- known for
- politician, military leader, monarch
-356 – -323
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Alexander the Great in -323, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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