Alexander the Great & Euclid

Did Alexander the Great and Euclid live at the same time?

Yes. Alexander the Great and Euclid lived at the same time for about 2 years, from about 325 BCE to 323 BCE.^[1][2][3][4]

Alexander the Great · Euclid · Born in 356 BCE · Born in 325 BCE

Alexander the Great

356 BCE–323 BCE

Politics & Leadership

Conquered the largest empire of the ancient world

Euclid

c. 325 BCE–c. 265 BCE

Science & Invention

Father of geometry, wrote Elements

How Alexander the Great and Euclid Are Connected

• Euclid's famous reply that "there is no royal road to geometry" is questionable, because a very similar exchange is recorded between Menaechmus and Alexander the Great.^[3]

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