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• Alexander the Great was born in 356 B.C. and died in 323 B.C., at the age of just 33 years old. He came to the throne at just twenty years of age. Here is what the Wikipedia article says about him:
• “He [Alexander] spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, until by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from Greece to Egypt and into northwest India. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of history's most successful military commanders.”