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* Alexander of Pherae becomes tyrant of Thessaly following the death of his father.
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Alexander and Pherae
Alexander () was tagus or despot of Pherae in Thessaly, and ruled from 369 BC to 358 BC.
Diodorus Siculus tells us that upon the assassination of the tyrant Jason of Pherae, in 370 BC, his brother Polydorus ruled for a year, but he was then poisoned by Alexander, another brother.
The states of Thessaly, which had previously acknowledged the authority of Jason of Pherae, were not so willing to submit to Alexander the tyrant, ( especially the old family of the Aleuadae of Larissa, who had most reason to fear him ).
Alexander of Pherae, prepared to meet his enemy in Macedonia, but the king anticipated him, and, reaching Larissa, was admitted into the city.
Alexander withdrew to Pherae whilst the Macedonian King placed a garrison in Larissa, as well as in Crannon, which had also come over to him.
Alexander was then forced to restore the conquered towns to the Thessalians, confine himself to Pherae, join the Boeotian League, and become a dependent ally of Thebes.
If the death of Epaminondas in 362 BC freed Athens from fear of Thebes, it appears at the same time to have exposed it to further aggression from Alexander of Pherae, who made a piratical raid on Tinos and other cities of the Cyclades, plundering them, and making slaves of the inhabitants.
Thebe, Alexander's wife and cousin ( or half-sister, as the daughter of Jason of Pherae ), concealed her three brothers in the house during the day, had the dog removed when Alexander had gone to rest, and, having covered the steps of the ladder with wool, brought up the young men to her husband's chamber.
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* Alexander of Pherae despot of Pherae between 369 and 358 BC
* Alexander of Pherae, Despot of Pherae in Thessaly is murdered by his wife's brother at her instigation.
* Alexander of Pherae, Despot of Pherae in Thessaly, Greece
* While the previous year's intervention by the Macedonians in Thessaly is successful, after the Macedonian troops withdraw, Alexander of Pherae treats his subjects as cruelly as before.
* The army of Thebes under their statesman and general, Pelopidas, defeats Alexander of Pherae in the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, but Pelopidas is killed during the battle.
As a result of his loss of this battle, Alexander is compelled by Thebes to acknowledge the freedom of the Thessalian cities, to limit his rule to Pherae, and to join the Boeotian League.
In 368, the Theban army marched into Thessaly to rescue Pelopidas and Ismenias, who had been imprisoned by Alexander of Pherae while serving as ambassadors.
In that same year, Pelopidas was killed while campaigning against Alexander of Pherae in Thessaly.
In 369, in response to a petition of the Thessalians, Pelopidas was sent with an army against Alexander of Pherae.
On his return through Thessaly he was seized by Alexander of Pherae, and two expeditions from Thebes were needed to secure his release.
In 364 BC he received another appeal from the Thessalian towns against Alexander of Pherae.
At the Battle of Cynoscephalae ( 364 BC ), the Theban forces of Pelopidas fought against the Thessalian troops of Alexander of Pherae in a drawn battle in which Pelopidas was killed.
Alexander and becomes
* 912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
* 1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
* 1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
* 1952 – Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
In an alternate future, Alexander becomes a diplomat instead of a warrior.
* 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
) – Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government, replacing Prince Georgy Lvov.
* August 18 – Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu.
** Reserve Constable Albert Alexander, a patient at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, becomes the first person treated with penicillin intravenously, by Howard Florey's team.
* November 7 – Alexander Mackenzie becomes the second Prime Minister of Canada.
** Donald Sangster becomes the new Prime Minister of Jamaica, succeeding Alexander Bustamante.
* August 18, 1826 – Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu.
** Pope Innocent XII becomes the 242nd pope, succeeding Pope Alexander VIII.
* Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess ( approximate date ).
* December 12 – Alexander Jagiellon becomes King of Poland.
* Alexander becomes Bishop of Byzantium.
* Salome Alexandra becomes queen of Judea, after the death of her husband, Alexander Jannaeus, until 67 BC.
* Hyrcanus II becomes high priest of Jerusalem for first time, on the death of his father, Alexander Jannaeus, until 66 BC.
The Roman Senate, along with Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, support Alexander Balas and he becomes the ruler of the Seleucid Empire.
* Alexander becomes the master of the Persian Empire, ending the Achaemenid dynasty.
Alexander founds two cities there, Alexandria on the Indus or Alexandria Nicaea ( to celebrate his victory ) and Alexandria Bucephalous or Bucephala ( named after his horse Bucephalus, which dies there ); and Porus becomes his ally.
Under the agreement, Antipater becomes the regent of the Macedonian Empire on behalf of the two kings: the intellectually retarded Philip III Arrhidaeus and the infant Alexander IV of Macedon while Ptolemy is confirmed in possession of Egypt and Cyrene.
* Alexander I becomes king of Epirus after his brother-in-law Philip II of Macedon dethrones Alexander's cousin Arymbas.
* Amyntas III, a great grandson of Alexander I, becomes king of Macedonia following the disorders that have plagued the country following the death of the powerful King Archelaus I in 399 BC.
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