Category:Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great was king of Macedon.

-- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Alexander the Great - The king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (Daniel 2:32), and the leopard and the he-goat (Daniel 7:6; Daniel 11:3, Daniel 11:4). He succeeded his father Philip, and died at the age of thirty-two from the effects of intemperance, 323 B.C.. His empire was divided among his four generals.