Ch. 6 Timeline Ancient Greece and Rome

Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE

Cyrus the Great
479 BCE

Persia defeated by Greece during the Persian Wars.
449 BCE

Athenians and Great King Artaxerxes conclude a treaty where the Persians swear to stay out of Greece.
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

Peloponnesian Wars
430 BCE

Phidias of Athens carved the great statue of Zeus.
386 BCE

Sparta forced Greek cities in Asia minor under their rule.
359 BCE

Phillip comes to power.
354 BCE

Athenians advocate for wars when they believe that Artaxerxes III Ochus had raised a fleet against them.
353 BCE

Philip's army lost heart and fled back to Macedonia after loosing to Onomarchus in Thessaly.
346 BCE

Athenian orator, Isocrates, writes a letter to Phillip titled To Phillip calling for him to unite Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Argos and also lead a Greek army against Persia.
345 BCE

Macedonians were forced to migrate into the dangerous northwest frontier.
340 BCE

Persia provided aid to Perinthus and Byzantium in Phillip's besiege of them.
339 BCE

Scythia losses booty to Triballi.
338 BCE

Artaxerxes murdered.
337 BCE

First official meeting for the League of Corinth
337 BCE

Phillip married again, this time for love.
337 BCE

Relationship between Alexander and Phillip deteriorate even further.
336 BCE

Alexander the Great becomes king.
336 BCE

Phillip holds a celebratory athletic event in Aegae as a part of a marriage celebration for his daughter to Alexander of Epirus.
336 BCE

Phillip sent 10,000 Macedonian and mercenary soldiers to Asia minor to win over Greek cities and prepare the way for this army after the wedding.
336 BCE

Phillip is assassinated.
336 BCE

Phillip dispatched an advance contingent of troops to Asia Minor.
333 BCE

Phillip targets Asia.
330 BCE

Alexander the Great ends the Achaemenid Dynasty.
330 BCE

Alexander visited the priest Oracle of Zeus Ammon in Egypt.
324 BCE

Alexander the Great speaks to his rebellious troops at Opis.

Cyrus the Great

Persia defeated by Greece during the Persian Wars.

Athenians and Great King Artaxerxes conclude a treaty where the Persians swear to stay out of Greece.

Peloponnesian Wars

Phidias of Athens carved the great statue of Zeus.

Sparta forced Greek cities in Asia minor under their rule.

Phillip comes to power.

Athenians advocate for wars when they believe that Artaxerxes III Ochus had raised a fleet against them.

Philip's army lost heart and fled back to Macedonia after loosing to Onomarchus in Thessaly.

Athenian orator, Isocrates, writes a letter to Phillip titled To Phillip calling for him to unite Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Argos and also lead a Greek army against Persia.

Macedonians were forced to migrate into the dangerous northwest frontier.

Persia provided aid to Perinthus and Byzantium in Phillip's besiege of them.

Scythia losses booty to Triballi.

Artaxerxes murdered.

First official meeting for the League of Corinth

Phillip married again, this time for love.

Relationship between Alexander and Phillip deteriorate even further.

Alexander the Great becomes king.

Phillip holds a celebratory athletic event in Aegae as a part of a marriage celebration for his daughter to Alexander of Epirus.

Phillip sent 10,000 Macedonian and mercenary soldiers to Asia minor to win over Greek cities and prepare the way for this army after the wedding.

Phillip is assassinated.

Phillip dispatched an advance contingent of troops to Asia Minor.

Phillip targets Asia.

Alexander the Great ends the Achaemenid Dynasty.

Alexander visited the priest Oracle of Zeus Ammon in Egypt.

Alexander the Great speaks to his rebellious troops at Opis.