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Alexander the Great may be considered (ancient) Macedonian or Greek or both, depending. For us, parentage is paramount. In the 5th century Athens, this issue was important enough for a law determining that no longer was one parent (the father) enough: both parents had to be from Athens for their child to bear Athenian citizenship.

Conquests of Alexander the Great: Ancient Greek Alexander ascended to the throne at the age of 20, after his father’s death. He got all his rebels killed and conquered the neighboring kingdoms. After securing his position at home, he set out to conquer the Asia Minor. He set out with 48,100 soldiers, 6,100 cavalries and a fleet of 120 ships.

The Ptolemaic dynasty (/ ˌ t ɒ l ɪ ˈ m eɪ. ɪ k /; Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also House of Ptolemy, or Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidae; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal dynasty which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.

Synesius of Cyrene. Hypatia [a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1] [4] was a neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5] Although preceded by Pandrosion, another ...