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Hellenistic Period

By lucinda.evatt
  • Start of Hellenistic Period
    323 BCE

    Start of Hellenistic Period

    After Alexander the Great conquested, greek politics changed bringing on a new era, The Hellenistic Period. This period started when Alexander died.
  • Period: 322 BCE to 320 BCE

    First successor war between Alexander's Successors

    This was the first of four successor wars which were held over the next two decades.
  • Seleucos conquers Babylon and begins the Seleucid dynasty
    312 BCE

    Seleucos conquers Babylon and begins the Seleucid dynasty

  • Period: 287 BCE to 212 BCE

    The life of Archimedes

    Archimedes was a famous Mathematician and scientist who discovered the basics of how volume worked and the invention of a catapult.
  • Celts invade Thrace and Anatolia
    276 BCE

    Celts invade Thrace and Anatolia

  • Earthquake destroys Colossus of Rhodes
    224 BCE

    Earthquake destroys Colossus of Rhodes

  • Tigranes II invades and destroys the Seleucid Empire
    83 BCE

    Tigranes II invades and destroys the Seleucid Empire

  • End of the Hellenistic Period
    31 BCE

    End of the Hellenistic Period

    The Hellenistic period ended after the Battle of Actium, when Octavian (later known as Emperor Augustus) defeats Cleopatra of Egypt.