Dates Pt. 6; Hellenistic Period Flashcards
Alexander the King died. Meleager killed, Perdiccas elected regent for Alexander IV.
323 BCE
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.
322 BCE
Perdiccas dies, division of the empire at Triparadisus, Craterus killed by Eumenes. Roman army trapped at B. of Caudine Forks, forced to surrender.
321 BCE
The death of Antipater throws Greece into chaos.
319 BCE
Polyperchon seizes Athens, Phocion is executed by the Assembly, having been strategos 45 times.
318 BCE
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.
317 BCE
Hellenistic Period
323-31 BCE
Romans defeated at B. of Lautulae. Eumenes killed at B. of Gabiene. Cassander re-founds Thebes, founds Thessalonica.
316 BCE
Appius Claudius Caecus becomes censor, commissions first aqueduct and Via Appia.
312 BCE
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.
310 BCE
Romans win B. of Longula over Samnites. Seleucus founds Seleucia.
309 BCE
War between Carthage and Agathocles ends status quo ante bellum. Demetrius Poliorcetes enters Athens. Library of Alexandria founded.
Etruscans make separate peace with Rome.
307 BCE
Demetrius Poliorcetes unsuccessfully besieges Rhodes. Ptolemy, Antigonus, Seleucus all take royal titles.
Rome wins B. of Bovianum, ending Second Samnite War.
305 BCE
B. of Ipsus, Antigonus killed. Seleucus founds Antioch.
301 BCE
Third Samnite War begins
298-90 BCE
Romans win decisive B. of Sentinum.
295 BCE
Romans win B. of Aquilonia, Samnite resistance peters out, war ends three years later
293 BCE
Fifth Secession of the Plebs (three and four didn’t do much). Plebiscites have the force of law.
287 BCE
Demetrius Poliorcetes captured by Seleucus. Lighthouse at Alexandria completed.
285 BCE
Facing war with Rome, Tarentum asks for the aid of Pyrrhus of Epirus. Lysimachus and Seleucus die.
281 BCE
Pyrrhus “wins” the B. of Heraclea. Achaean League formed. Colossus of Rhodes constructed.
280 BCE
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.
279 BCE
Gauls cross to Asia, defeated by Antiochus I Soter with elephants. Bithynia formed. Galatia formed.
278 BCE
Antigonus Gonatas defeats Gauls at B. of Lysimachus, becomes king of Macedon.
277 BCE
The Romans win the B. of Beneventum against Pyrrhus. Museum of Alexandria founded.
275 BCE
Pyrrhus killed in Sparta. Last Epirotes driven from Italy. First Syrian War begins. Epicurus dies.
272 BCE