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146
Rome rules Greece
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323
Death of Alexander the Great
He was a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Born in Pella in 356 BC. -
326
Alexanders Army Reaches India
The greatest of Alexander's battles in India was against Porus, one of the most powerful Indian leaders, at the river Hydaspes in July 326 B.C.E. Alexander's army crossed the heavily defended river in dramatic fashion during a violent thunderstorm to meet Porus' forces. The Indians were defeated in a fierce battle, even though they fought with elephants, which the Macedonians had never before seen. A tragity happened during the battle Alexanders horse was wounded and later died. -
332
Tyre capitulates to Alexander after siege
After defeating Darius III at the Battle of Issus in November 333 BC, Alexander marched his army into Phoenicia, where he received the capitulation of Byblus and Sidon -
336
Phillip II Assassinated
Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia -
377
Hippocrates of Cos
was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece), and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is referred to as the father of Western medicine -
447
The Parthenon
The building of The Parthenon -
460
The First Peloponnesian War
The First Peloponnesian War breaks out between the Delian League (led by Athens) and a Peloponnesian alliance (led by Sparta), caused in part by Athens' alliance with Megara and Argos and the subsequent reaction of Sparta. -
500
Heraclitus the great philosopher was born
Heraclitus is famous for his insistence on ever-present change in the universe, as stated in the famous saying, "No man ever steps in the same river twice" -
Sep 12, 776
First Olympic Games
The ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece. -
Sep 12, 1100
Destruction of Miletus and resettlement
Miletus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia (in what is now Aydin Province, Turkey), near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria. Before the Persian invasion in the middle of the 6th century BC, Miletus was considered the greatest and wealthiest of Greek cities. -
Sep 12, 1194
Trogan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. -
End of Ancient Greece period
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The Plauge of Athens
The Plague of Athens was a devastating epidemic which hit the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 BC), when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. It is believed to have entered Athens through Piraeus, the city's port and sole source of food and supplies. The city-state of Sparta, and much of the eastern Mediterranean, was also struck by the disease. The plague returned twice more, in 429 BC and in the winter of 427/6 BC.