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Macedonia_City_State

  • 336

    BCE Alexander the Great

    BCE     Alexander the Great
    Alexander III (Alexander the Great) takes power when his father is assassinated by a servant during an invasion
  • 440

    BCE 440-420 Athens and Thrace

    BCE     440-420 Athens and Thrace
    Relations with the Athenians turn sour when a naval ship checkpoint is set up at the Athenian colony Amphipolis; A new Thraceian kingdom under Sictalces began to threaten Macedonian territory.
  • Period: to 500

    Macedonian History

  • BCE

    BCE
    Archelaus is assassinated by victims of his lust
  • BCE Downfall of Macedonian Rule

    BCE     Downfall of Macedonian Rule
    After a long period of conquering and other successes, the invasion of the Persian Xerxes brought expansion to a halt
  • BCE Philip as a Hostage

    BCE     Philip as a Hostage
    Philip, the ruler after Archelaus is murdered, is taken as a Thracian hostage at the age of fifteen for three years
  • Phillip Attacks Athens

    Phillip Attacks Athens
    During the 'Social War' of Athens, Philip laid siege to the colony Amphipolis