around his head with golden wreaths.  About:  Alexander III of Macedon  (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as  Alexander the Great  ( Greek :  ?λ?ξανδρος ? Μ?γας ,  Aléxandros o Mégas  ), was a king of  Macedon , a state in northern  ancient Greece . By the age