Hellenistic History

Question 1

Death of AtG at Babylon

Answer 1

323

Question 2

Ptolemy seizes AtG’s dead body

Answer 2

321

Question 3

Seleukid era begins w their seizure of Babylon

Answer 3

312-11

Question 4

Peace betw Ptolemy I, Lysimachos, Kassandros, and Antigonos

Answer 4

311

Question 5

Demetrios captures Athens

Answer 5

307

Question 6

Antigonos and Demetrios adopt basileus title

Answer 6

306

Question 7

Ptolemy, Seleukos, and (prob) Lysimachos become basilei

Answer 7

304

Question 8

Antigonos I death at B of Ipsos

Answer 8

301

Question 9

Ptolemy recaptures Cyprus

Answer 9

295

Question 10

Demetrios I Poliorketes becomes K of Macedon

Answer 10

294

Question 11

Macedon split betw territories of Pyrrhos and Lysimachos

Answer 11

288

Question 12

Demetrios I captured by Seleukos I

Answer 12

286

Question 13

Deaths of Ptolemy I Soter and Demetrios I Pol

Answer 13

283

Question 14

Death of Lysimachos

Answer 14

281

Question 15

Assassination of Seleukos I by Ptol Keraunos (Ptol II’s brother) and taking of Macedonian throne

Answer 15

281

Question 16

Celts invade Macedon and Greece

Answer 16

280-79

Question 17

First defeat of celts by Antigonos II Gonatas and his accession to Macedonian throne

Answer 17

277

Question 18

Ptol II marries sister Arsinoe II

Answer 18

c.275

Question 19

Pyrrhos invades Macedonia

Answer 19

274

Question 20

1st Syrian War (Ptol II v Antiochos I)

Answer 20

274-71

Question 21

Death of Pyrrhos

Answer 21

272

Question 22

Eumenes I inherits Pergamon

Answer 22

263

Question 23

2nd Syrian War (Ptol II v Ant II)

Answer 23

c.260-253

Question 24

Ant II marries Berenike II (Ptol II daughter)

Answer 24

252

Question 25

3rd Syrian War (Ptol III v Sel II)

Answer 25

246-41

Question 26

First Illyrian War (Rome v Teutras)

Answer 26

229

Question 27

Philip V becomes king in Macedon

Answer 27

221

Question 28

4th Syrian War (Ptol IV v Antiochos III)

Answer 28

219-17

Question 29

Second Punic War

Answer 29

218-02

Question 30

1st Macedonian War (Rome and allies v kingdoms)

Answer 30

214-205

Question 31

5th Syrian War (Ptol V v Ant III(winner))

Answer 31

202-200

Question 32

Second Macedonian War (R v Philip V)

Answer 32

200-197

Question 33

Romans announce Greek freedom at Isthmian Games

Answer 33

196

Question 34

Rome v Ant III war (ends w B of Magnesia - Rs win)

Answer 34

192-188

Question 35

Philip V dies, succ by Perseus

Answer 35

179

Question 36

Eumenes II travels to Rome and speaks against Perseus

Answer 36

172

Question 37

3rd Macedonian War (R v Perseus)

Answer 37

171-68

Question 38

6th Syrian War (Ant IV v Ptol VI)

Answer 38

169-8

Question 39

Macedonian Kingdom ends - 4 republics replace it and Delos made a free port

Answer 39

167

Question 40

Under Ptol VI, Egypt has dual rule for two regions (Egypt and Cyrene)

Answer 40

163

Question 41

Demetrios I Soter seizes Seleukid throne from Ant V

Answer 41

162

Question 42

Ptol VIII Euergetes announces that he will bequeath kingdom to Rome

Answer 42

155

Question 43

Demetrios killed by Alexander Balas (he had a self-proclaimed right to the throne and was supoorted by Pergamon)

Answer 43

150

Question 44

Roman destruction of Corinth and Carthage

Answer 44

146

Question 45

Defeat of A Balas in Egypt but death of Ptol VI

Answer 45

145

Question 46

Attalos III dies and leaves kingdom to Rome

Answer 46

133

Question 47

Reorganisation of Asia and therefore start of the area as a Roman province

Answer 47

129-6

Question 48

Social War in Italy

Answer 48

91-87 (mostly in 89)