Death of Ptolemy I Soter.Ģ81 BC - Seleucus defeats Lysimachus, who is killed in the fight. The allied forces of Seleucus, Ptolemy and Cassander defeat Demetrius and Antigonus, who is killed in the fight.Ģ94 - 288 BC - Demetrius I Poliorcetes, king of Macedon.Ģ83 BC - Death of Demetrius. Ptolemy, Seleucus and Lysimachus adopt this title, but not Cassander.ģ01 BC - Battle of Ipsus. Antigonus and Demetrius proclaimed kings (basileus in Greek). Beginning of Seleucid Era.ģ06 BC - Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus, defeats Ptolemy off Salamis in Cyprus. Ptolemy Lag cuts off Egypt.ģ21 BC - Perdicass murdered in war against Ptolemy.ģ16 BC - Antigonus the One-Eyed drives Seleucus Nicator out of Babylonia.ģ12 BC - Seleucus back in Babylon. Battle of Hydaspes.ģ23 BC - Alexander dies in Babylon. Persepolis burnt by the drunken Alexander.ģ26 BC - Alexander invades India. Battle of Granicus.ģ30 BC - Darius III murdered by his cousin Bessus, satrap of Bactria. His son is crowned King of Macedon as Alexander III.ģ34 BC - Alexander invades Persia. Greece loses its independence.ģ36 BC - Philip murdered by Pausanius in Agae. Temple at Ephesus burns.ģ38 BC - Battle of Chaeronea. Sparta victorious.ģ87 BC - "King's Peace" between Artaxerxes II and the Greek city-states.ģ68 BC - Gallic mercenaries fill the ranks of the army of Syracuse.ģ59 BC - Philip II becomes king of Macedon.ģ56 BC - Alexander, son of Philip, is born. Morale in the city, where people are engaging in, among other things, excessive drinking and lewd behaviour, is low.Ĥ04 BC - Egypt becomes independent from Persia for about 50 years. Ionia ceded to Athens by Artaxerxes I.Ĥ04 BC - Egypt becomes independent of Persia for about 50 years.Ĥ32 BC - Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta begins.Ĥ29 BC - Plague kills over one-third of the population of Athens, including Pericles. Greeks defeat the Persian fleet at Mycale in Asia Minor.Ĥ78 BC - Persians lose their last possessions in Europe.Ĥ47 BC - Peace concluded between Athens and Persia. Greek victory at Salamis.Ĥ79 BC - Battle of Platea, Mardonius murdered. Athenians defeat Persian army at Marathon.Ĥ80 BC - Xerxes invades Greece. Atos.Ĥ90 BC - Eritrea destroyed by Persians. Sardis burnt.ĥ00 BC - Halstatt celts cross the English Channel to the British Isles.Ĥ92 BC - Mardonius' fleet destroyed by storms off Mt. Athens, Sparta and Eritrea aid with ships. Beginning of the Roman Republic.ĥ00 - 494 BC - Revolt in Ionia. Thrace and Macedonia conquered.ĥ09 BC - Tarquinius Superbus thrown out of Rome. Cyrus conquers Babylonia.Įnd of 530 BC - Cyrus the Great killed in a battle with the Scythians.ĥ25 BC - Egypt conquered by the Persians.ĥ19 - 517 BC - Darius the Great conquers NW Indiaĥ14 - 512 BC - Darius fails to subdue Scythia. Cyrus the Great conquers Media.ĥ39 BC - Battle of Opis River. End of Assyrian Empire.ĥ59 BC - Cyrus the Great becomes King of Persia.ĥ50 BC - Battle of Pasargadae. 612 BC - Nineveh captured by allied forces of Medes and Chaldaeans.
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