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Hellenistic Greece Timeline

Timeline of the Hellenistic Period of Ancient Greece

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Fourth Century - 300s B.C.

Alexander the Great CoinCC Flickr User brewbooks
  • 323 B.C.: Alexander the Great died.

  • 323-322 B.C.: Lamian War (Hellenic War).

  • 322-320 B.C.: First Diadochi war.

  • 321 B.C.: Perdiccas assassinated.

  • 320-311 B.C.: Second Diadochi war.

  • 319 B.C.: Antipater died.

  • 317 B.C.: Philip III of Macedonia assassinated.

  • 316 B.C.: Menander wins prize.

  • 310 B.C.: Zeno of Citium founds Stoic school in Athens. Roxane and Alexander IV are executed.

  • 307 B.C.: Epicurus founds school in Athens.

  • 301 B.C.: Battle of Ipsus. Division of the empire into 4 parts.

  • 300 B.C.: Euclid founds mathematical school in Athens.

Third Century - 200s B.C.

Archimedes' lever engraving from Mechanics Magazine published in London in 1824.PD Courtesy of Wikipedia.
  • 295-168 B.C.: Antigonid Dynasty rules Macedonia.

  • 282 B.C.: Archimedes studies in Alexandria.

  • 281 B.C.: Achaean League. Seleucus assassinated.

  • 280 B.C.: Colossus of Rhodes built.

  • 280-275 B.C.: Pyrrhic War.

  • 280-277 B.C.: Celtic invasions.

  • 276-239 B.C.: Antigonus Gonatas king of Macedonia.

  • 267-262 B.C.: Chremonidean War.

  • 224 B.C.: Earthquake destroys Colossus.

  • 221 B.C.: Philip V king of Macedonia.

  • 239-229 B.C.: Demetrius II king of Macedonia.

  • 229-221 B.C.: Antigonus III king of Macedonia.

  • 221-179 B.C.: Philip V king of Macedonia.

  • 214-205 B.C.: First Macedonian War.

  • 202-196 B.C.: Roman intervention in Greek affairs.

Second Century - 100s B.C.

Ruins of the Temple of Zeus at OlympiaRyan Vinson http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=profile&l=raien
  • 192-188 B.C.: Seleucid War

  • 187-167 B.C.: Macedonian War.

  • 175 B.C.: Temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens.

  • 149 B.C.: Greece becomes a Roman province.

  • 148 B.C.: Rome sacks Corinth.

  • 148 B.C.: Macedonia becomes a Roman province.

Reference: (www.worldtimelines.org.uk/) World Timelines.org.uk

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