Twenty years.
It took Alexander the Great 20 years to get home .
Yes, long, long, after!
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military commanders of all time. The wars of Alexander the Great lasted for 12 years and resulted in Alexander having control of most of the known world at the time.
Alexander had his horse, Bucephalus, for nearly 20 years.
Since his father died Alexander took over as king.
He didn't.
A decade.
Alexander the Great was the son of the Macedonian king Phillip II. He ruled from 336 BCE to 323 BCE.
356 BC to 323 BC
he was tutored until the age of 16
One of Alexander the Great's friends was Callisthenes, a relative of Aristotle. Some of his other long-time friends were Hephaestion, Cassander, and Ptolemy, who all served as generals in Alexander the Great's army.
Phalanx: A formation of infantry carrying overlapping sheilds and long spears, developed by the spartans, perfected by Philip the Second and used by Alexander the Great.