When did Alexander the Great rule?

How many years did Alexander the Great rule Greece?

• Answer:

  Alexander the Great did not rule Greece. The Greek (Hellenic) world comprised hundreds of independent city-states, stretching from Massilia (present day Marseilles in France) through Sicily, southern Italy, mainland Greece, ang generally around the Mediterranean coast to Asia Minor, and around the Black Sea. His father Philip II of Macedonia, after he defeated the Theban and Athenian forces, was declared Hegemon (leader) of most of the mainland Greek city-states). He was not their ruler. He stacked the Greek cultural council to increase his influence. Alexander succeeded to this title on his father's death. Additional comments by Lindystar: Actually he never ruled the rest of Greek city states. His father Philip II fought them for establishing his power and later freed them. You can read about it in the following historians of the time. Later on Alexander gathered them in the corinthian council, the grater Greek military council of the period where important military decisions where decided, in which Spartans by the words &quot;we were not born to follow but to lead&quot; declined the request of Alexander to help Macedonians against the Persian empire. Ruled over cities don't have the privilege of declining anything. They just obey. Thus Alexander nor his father never ruled whole Greece, but only within the borders of their Kingdom. <br /><br /> Read the following links.