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This is a reformed version of the Macedonian Empire Timeline which I originally posted:

Part 1


In 323 BC, Alexander III, the Great, king of Macedonia, caught a fever. The young conqueror almost died, but, through "a miracle of the gods", as the Macedonians called it, he recovered. Despite this, he would maintain a permanent scar of illness on his face. Alexander's bout with death made him a much more peaceful ruler. He also decided that by increasing the size of the administration, establishing a road system, and insuring his line of succession, he would strengthen his newly-conquered empire, although it was still officially referred to at the time as the Kingdom of Macedonia.

As a first step, in 321 BC, King Alexander was officially proclaimed the first Emperor of Macedonia in a formal ceremony in the city of Babylon, and the Macedonian Empire officially came into existence, thus replacing the Kingdom of Macedonia, the Hellenic League of Greece, and the defunct Persian Empire. The new Emperor would then begin his reforms and would begin strengthening his state. Alexander I (as he now labeled himself) was determined for his empire to survive for centuries to come.
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