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| end of Amyntas I reign, beginning of Alexander I rule |
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| the birth of Philip II to Ayntas III and Eurydike |
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| - Philip is held as a royal hostage in Thebes, giving him a chance to live, and learn from the Greek culture including the hoplite formation. |
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| - Philip inherits the Macedonian kingdom as regent to his infant nephew. His brother Perdicus III was killed in the slaughter by the Illyrians, Philip had one year to build an army up to attack back. |
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| brought the defeat of the Illyrian king and his 7000 troops |
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| Philip marries Olympias to create an allegiance between the Epirus and the Macedonians |
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| Philip is brought into Greece to help deal with Phokis and bring an end to the sacred wars. |
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| Alexander was the commander of the left wing for his father’s army, delivering a win in Chaironeia against the Greeks. |
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| Alexander and Olympias leave Pella to Epirus, because of growing tensions between Alexander and Philip. As well as Olympias and the other wives who one had just gave birth to a son. |
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| Alexander returns to Macedon, during a religious festival for Philips new born son he is assassinated by one of his guards. Alexander was taken to the army who pronounced him king. |
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| Death of Alexander III in Babylon, which increased tensions because he refused to name an heir saying only the most powerful should rule |
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| the Lamian wars, the wars for the succession of the Alexandrian empire. Major players are, antipeter/ cassander / polyperchon in Macedon. Lysimachus in Thrace, Seleucids in Asia, Ptolemy in Egypt. Antigonus the one eyed in Anatolia. |
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| - perdicus the second in command to Alexander bearing of his signet ring is killed by antigonus/ Antipater/craterus/ Ptolemy. |
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| - Roxanne and Alexander IV killed, now there is no bloodline for which the Argead could continue. |
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| The successors start naming themselves kings by achievement which is usually meant for conquests. |
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| the battle of Ipsus. Selucus, Lysimachus, and slow Ptolemy vs. antigonus and demtrius. Antigonus is killed but Demetrius escapes. The kingdom is then divided between Lysimachus and cassander. |
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| Demetrius takes Athens as the first part of his quest to become Alexander. |
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| Demtrius is killed by the coalition of successors. |
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| lysimichus is killed by seleucus |
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| - seleucus is killed during an invasion by the son of Ptolemy |
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| the final defeat of the Spartan league |
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| Macedon is under roman control. |
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| the sacking and destruction of Thebes because of their revolt, Which solidifies Alexander as the hegemon of the Greeks. |
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| Alexander leads 35,000 troops across the Dardanelles to start his Persian conquest at the legendary site of troy. |
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| - the battle of Gaugamela was fought with Alexander winning and Dareios escaping. Babylon and persipolis are taken, Alexander can now lay claim to the Persian throne. |
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| Dareios is killed by the people he was traveling with; Alexander is now the king of the Persian empire. He presses on eastward. |
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| 35,000 troops made their way across the Hindu Kush into the Indos river valley. |
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| Alexander’s men refuse to continue once they hit the Hyphasis River, where at that point the Macedonians had marched an estimated 12,000 miles. |
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| the death of Alexander’s close friend hephaistion causing Alexander immense grief and paranoia. |
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| the death of Alexander while staying in Babylon. |
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