Pella- Location 1

This was simply where Alexander was born. He was born in Pella, the capital of Macedon, and his parents were King Philip II of Macedon, a ruthless general and conqueror who lost an eye in battle, and his fourth, but principal wife Olympias, an Epirote princess. There were troubles in there marriage constantly, and thy eventually split up, but Philip still had seven or eight other wives, and would marry again. As a teenager, Alexander was shocked to see his Dad assassinated at a festival party one day. He became King after his father, and, along with his childhood friend Bucephalas, who was a horse, he would expand the Macedonian empire farther than his dad had, and his dad was a phenomenal conqueror.