Ancient Macedonia had 5 kings with this name; one came immediately before Alexander the Great & one immediately after
.... Long before Philip II, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, related how 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) Biography [PAR] Alexander III the Great, the King of Macedonia and conqueror of the Persian 
Empire is ... Alexander was born in 356 BC in Pella, the ancient capital of 
Macedonia.