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- Macedonian troops, commanded by Parmenion , trusted lieutenant of King Philip II, arrive in Asia Minor, but are driven back by Persian forces under the command of the Greek mercenary Memnon Of Rhodes .
- Darius III Of Persia rises to the throne, succeeding King Artaxerxes IV . He suppresses rebellions in Egypt and Babylonia.
- Bagoas , Vizier of Persia , is poisoned by King Darius III Of Persia .
- King Philip II of Macedon is assassinated by his spurned lover Pausanias . His son, Alexander III , who will become Alexander the Great, succeeds him. Philip's last wife, her child, and her influential uncle Attalus are killed at the orders of Alexander and his mother Olympias .
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