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Alexander dies in Babylon

323 BCE, Babylon. An event.

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323 BCEBabylon, off the map

2,348.5 years ago

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Alexander falls ill with a fever and dies in Babylon about ten days later.

And on the twenty-eighth, towards evening, he died.

Plutarch, Life of Alexander 76.4Translated by Bernadotte Perrin (1919)Read the full passage (Plutarch, Life of Alexander 76.4, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Death of Alexander the Great, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

Why it matters

Alexander's death and the events that followed have been debated for millennia, and historians still hold different views about its cause and circumstances.

Based on Wikipedia: Death of Alexander the Great

The death of Alexander the Great and subsequent related events have been the subjects of debates for millennia.

Historians vary in their assessments of primary sources about Alexander's death, which has resulted in different views about its cause and circumstances.

Wikipedia, Death of Alexander the Great (opens en.wikipedia.org), as of 2026-09-24. Text CC BY-SA 4.0. Our line is checked against these sentences only.

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