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The Persian Wars
Definition
499-449BC
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Cyrus conquers Ionia
Definition
547BC
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The Ionian Revolt
Definition
499-493BC (Athenian help 498BC)
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Battle of Lade
Definition
494BC (Persians crush Ionian Revolt)
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First Persian Invasion of Greece
Definition
492 BC
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Battle of Marathon
Definition
490BC
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Darius
Definition
550-486BC
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Second Invasion of Greece
Definition
480BC (Xerxes, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis)
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Battle of Plataea
Definition
479BC
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Xerxes
Definition
519-465BC
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Miltaides
Definition
550-489BC
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Battle of Mycale
Definition
479BC Persia loses Aegean islands. Leotychides (Archidamos) Xanthippus (Pericles)
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Battle of Eurymedon
Definition
466BC (Cimon)
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Delian League
Definition
478-404BC
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Peace of Callias
Definition
449BC
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Herodotus
Definition
484-425BC
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Thucydides
Definition
460-395BC, General 424BC
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The Peloponnesian War
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431-404BC
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The Archidaman War
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431-421BC
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Archidamos II
Definition
476-427BC
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Pericles
Definition
495-429BC
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Pentecontaetia
Definition
479-433BC
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The First Peloponnesian War
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460-445BC
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Thirty Years Peace
Definition
445BC
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Battle of Sybota
Definition
443BC (Athens helps Corcyra against Corinth)
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Megarian Decree
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433BC
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Pericles' Funeral Oration
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431BC
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Plauge at Athens
Definition
430BC
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Cleon
Definition
d. 422BC
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The Mytilenean Revolt
Definition
428BC
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Battle of Pylos
Definition
425BC (Also Sphacteria)
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Brasidas
Definition
d.422BC
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Battle of Amphipolis
Definition
422BC
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Peace of Nicias
Definition
421-414BC
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Battle of Mantinea
Definition
418BC (Peloponnesians (Agis II) vs. Athens, Mantinea, Argos, Arcadia)
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The Sicilian Expedition
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415-413BC
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Nicias
Definition
470-413BC
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Alcibiades
Definition
450-404BC
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Battle of Syme
Definition
411BC
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Battle of Cyzicus
Definition
410BC. Alcibiades, Thrasybulus, Theramenes destroy Spartan fleet.
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Lysander
Definition
d.395
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Battle of Arginusae
Definition
(Athenian victory. Pericles the Younger one of the commanders)406BC. Athenian Victory
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Battle of Aegospotomai
Definition
405BC. Lysander with Persian help destroies Athenian fleet. Decisive battle
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Thirty Tyrants
Definition
404-403BC (Overthrown by Thrasybulus)
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Thrasybulus
Definition
d.388
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Solon
Definition
638-558BC
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Peisistratos
Definition
6th-527BC (r.561-527)
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Cleisthenes
Definition
b.570, refoms in 508BC
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Harmodius & Aristogeiton
Definition
514BC. Killed Hipparchos (son of Peisistratos)
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Trial of Socrates
Definition
399BC
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The King's Peace(?)
Definition
386BC
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Battle of Leuktra
Definition
371BC Thebes defeats Sparta. End of Spartan hegemony in Greece.
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Oligarchic Coup
Definition
411BC
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Alexander The Great
Definition
356-323BC
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Philip II
Definition
382-336BC
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Philip's Northern Conquest
Definition
357-353BC
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Chalkidean League
Definition
430-348BC Led by Olynthus. Destroyed by Philip
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The Third Sacred War
Definition
356-346BC Amphictyonic League defeats Spatra/Athens etc.
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Demosthenes
Definition
384-322BC
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Alexander becomes king
Definition
336BC
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Alexander's Balkan Campaign
Definition
335BC
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Battle of Thebes (Alexander)
Definition
335BC
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Alexander in Asia
Definition
335-323BC
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Battle of the Granicus River
Definition
334BC
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Siege of Halicarnassus (Alexander)
Definition
334BC
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Battle of Issus
Definition
333BC (Alexander's first conflict with Darius III)
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Siege of Tyre
Definition
332BC
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Battle of Gaugamela
Definition
331BC
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Achaemenid Empire
Definition
550-330BC (Cyrus to Darius III/Gaugamela)
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Battle of the Persian Gate
Definition
330BC (Ariobarzanes, destruction of Persepolis)
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Alexander's Indian Campaign
Definition
327-325BC
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Battle of Hydaspes (India)
Definition
326BC
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Darius III
Definition
380-330BC (r. 336-330BC)
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Philip takes Amphipolis
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357BC
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Social War (Athenian)
Definition
357-355BC Second Athenian Empire vs. Rhodes, Kos, Chios, Byzantion
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Third Sacred War
Definition
Philip takes Olynthus/Olynthiacs 349-348BC
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Battle of Chaeronea
Definition
338BC Philip (with Alexander) defeats Greek coalition led by Athens
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3 Major Successor Kingdoms
Definition
Antigonids (Macedonia) Seleukids (Asia) Ptolemies (Egypt)
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Hellenistic Age
Definition
323BC (Death of Alexander) - 31BC (Actium)
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Successor Wars
Definition
323-281BC
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Council at Triparadeisos
Definition
320BC Antipater gets Macedonia, Seleukos Babylonia
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Battle of Ipsos
Definition
301BC Antigonos defeated
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Battle of Koroupedion
Definition
281BC Seleukos defeats Lysimachos, Helentistic Kingdoms stabilized.
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Pausanias in Cyprus
Definition
478 BC
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Foundation of the Delian League
Definition
478/7 BC. Aristides organized
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Battle of Eurymedon
Definition
469 BC Cimon defeats the Persians
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Siege of Thasos
Definition
465-462 BC Thasos revolted from Delian League, forced back in
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Helot Revolt/Earthquake
Definition
464 BC. Athenians turned away after sending aid (462 BC).
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Battle of Plataea
Definition
479 BC. Greeks defeat Mardonius
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Ephialtes' reform of Areopagus
Definition
462 BC. Areopagus was stripped of its power by the people. See Ath. Pol. 25 i-ii
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First Peloponnesian War
Definition
460-445BC. Back and forth until 454 BC When both sides enter into a truce. War flared again in 448 and ended with Thirty Year's Peace (446)
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Battle of Coronea
Definition
447 BC. The Boeotian League defeats the Delian League, Boeotia gains independence.
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Battle of Oenophyta
Definition
457 BC. Athens defeats the allied Boeotian city-states to gain control of the region.
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Delian treasury moved to Athens
Definition
454 BC
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Peace of Callias
Definition
c.449 BC. Uncertain whether real?
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Thirty Years' Peace
Definition
446-432 BC.
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The Lamian War
Definition
323-322BC. Macedonians under Antipater defeat Aetolian League
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Suicide of Demosthenes
Definition
322 BC. Also death of Aristotle, Hyperides
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Murder of Perdiccas
Definition
320 BC. In Eygpt, by his officers
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Death of Antipater
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319 ΒC. Also birth of Pyrrhus
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Coalition against Antigonos
Definition
315 BC
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First Year of Selecuids.
Definition
312 BC. Selecus regained Babylon
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End of Argead Dynasty
Definition
310. Alexander IV, Roxane murdered by Cassander
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New Macedonian King Decrees
Definition
306 BC - Antigonus & Demetrius. 305 BC - Lysimachos, Selecus, Ptolemy, & Cassander
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Siege of Rhodes
Definition
305 BC. Demetrius "The besieger" fails, Collosus built.
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Battle of Ipsus
Definition
301 BC. Death of Antigonus, retreat of Demetrius. Victory for Selecus & Lysimachos
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Death of Cassander
Definition
298 BC
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Antigonus Gonatas
Definition
r. 277-239 BC
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Battle of Corupedion
Definition
281 BC. Seleucus defeated Lysimachos, but is subsequently assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos
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Ptolemy Keraunos dies
Definition
279 ΒC
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Pyrrhus defeated at Beneventum
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275 BC
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Pyrrhus killed in Argos
Definition
272 BC
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Perdiccas
Definition
Died 320 BC. Hephaestion's successor as commander of the companion cavalry. Guardian and Regent after Alexander's death. Had his ring. Mudered in Egypt in 320 BC by his officers, including Seleucus.
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Craterus
Definition
370-321 BC. Commanded the infantry at Issus. killed in battle against Eumenes at teh Hellespont.
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Antipater
Definition
397-319 BC. Regent in Macedonia during Alexander's campaigns. Gained control of Greece after Alexander's death. He left the regency to Polyperchon, not his son Cassander
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Ptolemy I Soter
Definition
367-283 BC. Satrap of Egypt after 323 BC. Took Alexander's body, buried it in Alexandria. Patron of Euclid. Died of old age
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Lysimachos
Definition
360-281 BC. Ruled Thrace. Became "King" in 305 BC. In 288 BC drove Demetrius from Macedonia with Pyrrhus. Killed at Corupedium in 281 BC.
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Antigonos Monophthalmos
Definition
382-301 BC. Governor of Phrygia in 333 BC. Died at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC (The first battle he had ever lost). Founder of Antigonid dynasty through his son Demetrius' control of Macedon.
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