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ID: 500280655 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500280655			Record Type: Person

Alexander the Great (Macedonian king, 356-323 BCE)

Note: King of Macedonia (336-323 BCE). He overthrew the Persian Empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Already in his lifetime he was the subject of fabulous stories.

Names:
	Alexander the Great (preferred,V,index,English,NA,U)
	Great Alexander (V,display,English,NA,U)
	Alexander of Macedonia (V,English,NA,U)
	Alexander III (V,English,NA,U)
	356-323 B.C. Alexander (U)
	Alexander, 356-323 B.C. (U,LC)

Nationalities:
	Greek (preferred)
	Ancient Greek

Roles:
	king (preferred)
	patron

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Pella (Pélla regional division, Macedonia, Greece) (deserted settlement) Died: Babylonia (Iraq) (former nation/state/empire)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

child of ....	Philip II, King of Macedonia
..............	(Greek monarch, 382-336 BCE) [500323993]

List/Hierarchical Position:

....

Non-Artists

........

Alexander the Great (I,U)

Biographies:


	(Macedonian king, 356-323 BCE) ..... [VP Preferred] (Greek king, 356-323 B.C.) ..... [AVERY] (artist) ..... [GRL]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

356-323 B.C. Alexander ........	[GRL, VP]
.............................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Alexander, 356-323 B.C. ........	[GRL Preferred]
...............................................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) sh 87005477

Alexander III ........	[VP]
..............................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) King of Macedonia (336-323 BCE). He overthrew the Persian Empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Already in his lifetime the subject of fabulous stories

Alexander of Macedonia ........	[VP]
............................................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Alexander the Great ........	[AVERY Preferred, VP Preferred]
......................................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
......................................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Great Alexander ........	[AVERY, VP]
................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........	[AVERY, GRL, VP]
....................	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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