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.