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Dates Pt. 6; Hellenistic Period Flashcards

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Alexander the King died. Meleager killed, Perdiccas elected regent for Alexander IV.

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323 BCE

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Lamian War started by Athens, ended by Antipater and Craterus. Phocion virtual ruler of Athens. Demosthenes and Hypereides die. Alexander’s body taken to Egypt.

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322 BCE

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Perdiccas dies, division of the empire at Triparadisus, Craterus killed by Eumenes. Roman army trapped at B. of Caudine Forks, forced to surrender.

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321 BCE

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The death of Antipater throws Greece into chaos.

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319 BCE

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Polyperchon seizes Athens, Phocion is executed by the Assembly, having been strategos 45 times.

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318 BCE

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Cassander captures Athens from Polyperchon, installs Demetrius of Phaleron as tyrant. Antigonus fights Eumenes at B. of Paraitacene for eastern satrapies. Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, renews war with Carthage.

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317 BCE

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Hellenistic Period

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323-31 BCE

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Romans defeated at B. of Lautulae. Eumenes killed at B. of Gabiene. Cassander re-founds Thebes, founds Thessalonica.

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316 BCE

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Appius Claudius Caecus becomes censor, commissions first aqueduct and Via Appia.

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312 BCE

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While the Carthaginians besiege Syracuse, Agathocles lands in Africa and besieges Carthage, forcing Carthaginian troops to abandon Sicily.
Alexander IV and Roxana killed on Cassander’s orders.

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310 BCE

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Romans win B. of Longula over Samnites. Seleucus founds Seleucia.

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309 BCE

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War between Carthage and Agathocles ends status quo ante bellum. Demetrius Poliorcetes enters Athens. Library of Alexandria founded.
Etruscans make separate peace with Rome.

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307 BCE

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Demetrius Poliorcetes unsuccessfully besieges Rhodes. Ptolemy, Antigonus, Seleucus all take royal titles.
Rome wins B. of Bovianum, ending Second Samnite War.

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305 BCE

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B. of Ipsus, Antigonus killed. Seleucus founds Antioch.

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301 BCE

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Third Samnite War begins

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298-90 BCE

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Romans win decisive B. of Sentinum.

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295 BCE

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Romans win B. of Aquilonia, Samnite resistance peters out, war ends three years later

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293 BCE

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Fifth Secession of the Plebs (three and four didn’t do much). Plebiscites have the force of law.

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287 BCE

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Demetrius Poliorcetes captured by Seleucus. Lighthouse at Alexandria completed.

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285 BCE

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Facing war with Rome, Tarentum asks for the aid of Pyrrhus of Epirus. Lysimachus and Seleucus die.

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281 BCE

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Pyrrhus “wins” the B. of Heraclea. Achaean League formed. Colossus of Rhodes constructed.

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280 BCE

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Pyrrhus “wins” the B. of Asculum. Pyrrhus departs to fight Carthage in Sicily. Brennus (no connection to Rome-taker) invades Greece. Ptolemy Keraunos killed, Gauls defeated at Thermopylae, sack Delphi.

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279 BCE

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Gauls cross to Asia, defeated by Antiochus I Soter with elephants. Bithynia formed. Galatia formed.

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278 BCE

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Antigonus Gonatas defeats Gauls at B. of Lysimachus, becomes king of Macedon.

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277 BCE

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The Romans win the B. of Beneventum against Pyrrhus. Museum of Alexandria founded.
275 BCE
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Pyrrhus killed in Sparta. Last Epirotes driven from Italy. First Syrian War begins. Epicurus dies.
272 BCE
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Athenian Chremonides makes alliance with Egypt, Corinth, and Sparta. Chremonidian War begins between them and Macedon.
267 BCE
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Romans intervene to save Mamertines. First Punic War (264-41) begins. Rome wins B. of Messana.
264 BCE
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Syracuse allies with Rome.
263 BCE
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Agrigentum falls to the Romans. Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school, dies.
262 BCE
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Chremonidian War ends with Macedonian victory. Athens garrisoned.
261 BCE
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Romans win their first naval battle, the B. of Mylae (corvus).
260 BCE
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Romans win the B. of Ecnomus, invade Africa.
256 BCE
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Romans in Africa defeated by Carthage under Spartan mercenary Xanthippus. M. Atilius Regulus captured. Bactria revolts.
255 BCE
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Romans capture Panormus, lose Agrigentum.
254 BCE
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Aratus liberates Sicyon from tyrants.
251 BCE
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Septuagint translated. Regulus returned to Rome as peace envoy.
250 BCE
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After disregarding the auguries, P. Claudius Pulcher loses the B. of Drepana to Carthage.
249 BCE
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Arsaces I revolts from the Seleucids, founding the Parthian Empire. Hamilcar Barca lands in Sicily.
247 BCE
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Aratus brings Sicyon into the Achaean League, and is elected Strategos.
245 BCE
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Aratus captures Corinth from Macedon.
243 BCE
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Agis IV, a reforming Spartan King, is killed after attempting to abolish debts. - Carthage loses the B. of Aegetes Islands, sues for peace. End of First Punic War. - Attalus I defeats the Gauls, establishing Pergamon as a legitimate kingdom.
241 BCE
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Start of Mercenary War in Africa. First Latin tragedy produced.
240 BCE
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A year for kicking those who are down. Rome takes Sardinia from Carthage while Carthage is besieged by mercenaries. - Aratus allies with Aetolian League and Argos to attack Macedonian holdings after Antigonus II dies.
239 BCE
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End of Mercenary War, Carthage expands in Iberia.
237 BCE
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Gates of Janus closed for the first time in recorded history.
235 BCE
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First Illyrian War. Aratus frees Athens, makes Argos part of Achaean League. Cleomenian War begins.
229-28
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Cleomenes III of Sparta institutes “Lycurgian” reforms and abolishes debts and the ephorate.
227 BCE
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Rome allies with Saguntum, forbids Carthage to conquer north of the Ebro River.
226 BCE
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After many years of campaigning, the Romans take N. Italy from the Gauls at the B. of Telamon. Cisalpine Gaul formed. Aratus, hard pressed by Cleomenes, allies with Antigonus III.
224 BCE
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Megalopolis burned by Cleomenes, despite valiant defense by Philopoemon.
223 BCE
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Cleomenes is defeated at B. of Sellasia, flees to Egypt. Antigonus occupies Sparta, the first time in history anyone has done so. Marcellus wins the spoila opima, the last time in history anyone has done so.
222 BCE
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Second Illyrian War. Aetolia fights the united Achaean League and Macedon (Hellenic League), starting yet another damned Social War.
220-19 BCE
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Hannibal takes Saguntum.
219 BCE
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Second Punic War begins.
218-01 BCE
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Hannibal crosses the Alps, defeats Romans at B. of the River Trebia.
218 BCE
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Hannibal wins B. of Lake Trasimene. Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator made dictator. Philip V makes peace with Aetolians, ending Social War. Egypt wins B. of Raphia, one of few decisive engagements in the endless Syrian Wars.
217 BCE
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Hannibal kills 70,000 Romans at the B. of Cannae. Capua defects to Hannibal. Philip V enters war on Hannibal’s side.
216 BCE
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Beginning of First Macedonian War. Romans win B. of Beneventum, denying Hannibal reinforcements. Syracuse revolts. Aratus dies.
214; First Macedonian War (214-05).
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Tarentum revolts. Syracuse retaken by Romans. Archimedes killed.
212 BCE
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Aetolians enter war on Roman side. Capua retaken. Scipio brothers killed in two battles in Spain.
211 BCE
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P. Cornelius Scipio made commander in Spain. Sparta and Pergamon enter war on Roman side.
210 BCE
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Philopoemen defeats Spartans and kills their king. Nabis becomes last king of Sparta, institutes “Lycurgian” reforms. Romans defeat (and kill) Hadsrubal Barca at B. of Metaurus.
207 BCE
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Scipio drives Carthage out of Spain. Philip V forces Aetolians to make a separate peace with him.
206 BCE
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Romans make peace with Philip V. End of First Macedonian War.
205 BCE
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B. of Zama. End of Second Punic War.
202 BCE

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