Alexander and successors 336-302BCE timeline

Philip's reign as king (what he achieved)

359-336 (settled Balkans, became Hegemon of Greece, created the League of Corinth, and landed soldiers in Anatolia)

Arrhidaeus is born

c357

Alx is born

353

Darius III becomes king of Persia

338

Battle of Chaeronea

338 (Philip II vs Athens + Thebes)

League of Corinth (inscription)

338-322 (R/O 76, Athens 338/7)

Philip sends soldiers to Asia Minor, success (commanders; where)

Spring (Mar-May) 336 (Attalus + Parmenio; Lesbos, Chios)

Philip II dies, Alx becomes King (reaction in Athens)

Oct 336 (Celebration)

Attalus is killed

Oct-Dec 336

Demosthenes' On the Treaty with Alexander

c336

Memnon of Rhodes successful counterattack (achievements)

335 (returns Chios, Lesbos + other cities in Asia Minor to Persian control)

Alx Illyrian campaign

335

Destruction of Thebes (what was spared?)

335 (Pindar's house and family, guest friends of Alexander / Philip, and priests and priestesses)

Alx conquest in Asia (book of Arrian)

Asia Minor 334-333 (1)

Levant and Syria 333-332 (2)

Egypt 332-331 (3)

Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia 331-330 (3)

Media, Parthia, and Bactria 330-329 (3)

Sogdiana 329-328 (4)

Punjab 327-326 (4-5)

Indus river + Gedrosia 326-325 (6)

Alx departs Greece (final action; Macedonian to manage Greece + Macedon)

Apr 334 (Establishes altar to Z, Ath, + Herac in Macedon; Antipater)

Alx + small retinue land at Sestus (where), actions

334 (near Ilium)

1. Sacrifices @ tomb of Protesilaus

2. Establishes altars to Z, Ath, + Herac

3. Sacrificed to Priam @ Altar of Z, Troy

4. Threw spear into Asia to symbolically claim it as spear won

Battle of the Granicus

May 334

Siege of Miletus

Jul 334

Sardis is captured

334

Siege of Halicarnassus (what happens after)

Sept 334 (Ada of Caria (satrap) adopts Alx as her son)

Priene freed from Persian taxation (inscription)

334 (R/O 86)

Siege of Telmissus

334/3

Cities in Asia Minor defect to Persians

333

Battle of Issus

Nov 333

Hegelochus retakes cities in Asia Minor for Alx

332

Siege of Tyre

Jan-Jul 332

Siege of Gaza (commander's name; how does Alx treat him; source)

Sept 332 (Batis; dragged around the city like Hector + Achilles; Quintus Curtius)

Agis III declares war on Macedon

331

Alx goes to Siwa

Feb 331

Alexandria by Egypt is founded

Apr 331

Alx leaves Egypt

May 331

Battle of Gaugamela

Oct 331

Mithrenes is made satrap of Armenia (importance)

331, post Gaugamela (first fully ethnic Persian to be granted a satrapy, very early in Alx's conquest, later Mazaeus of Babylonia)

Death of Darius

July 330

Atropates chronology

330 Surrender satrapy of Media to Alx

328 Satrapy returned to his command

324 Daughter is married to Perdiccas @ Susa

323 Creates independent Kingdom of "Media Atropatene"

Media Atropatene remains independent Kingdom until Julio-Claudians

Burning of Persepolis

Jan 330

Alexander of Lyncestis is killed

Dec 330

Death of Darius III

330

Conspiracy ""of Philotas""

Dec 330

Death of Parmenio

Dec 330

Death of Cleitus the Black

328

Proskynesis failure (who started the failure? who laughed at a Persian performing proskynesis?) [Quote]

327 (Callisthenes, Leonnatus) [Arr. Anab. 4.12.3]

Indian campaign

327-325

Conspiracy of the pages

late spring (May) 327BC

Battle at the Hydaspes

May 326

Revolt at the Hydaspes

Aug 326

Battle against the Mallians

325

Alx executes some satraps (reason; names)

324 (maladministration; Abulites, Oxathres, Amminapes)

Opis revolt

Spring 324

Susa weddings (only Diadoch to remain married to his wife from Susa, name)

early 324 (Seleucus, Apama)

Amastris chronology

Niece of Darius III

324 Marries Craterus

322 Marries Dionysius (dynast of Heraclea Pontica, Paphlagonia)

305-302 Sole rule of Kingdom

302 Marries Lysimachus

300 Divorces Lysimachus, rules Paphlagonian Kingdom for 16yrs

300 Founds new city (Amastris) through Synoecism

Survives until c280ish. Technically the final Achaemenid

Harpalus affair

324 Took treasury from Babylon to Athens, gained support of Athenians by using money to buy food

Alx declares all Greek states are to accept their exiles (where; who makes the proclamation)

324 (Olympic Games, Nicanor)

Death of Hephaestion (who is promoted to chiliarch)

Oct 324 (Perdiccas)

Alx pays his troops (how much)

324 (36k talents)

Alx dies

Jun 323

Meleager is murdered

323

Partition of Babylon (who gets what)

323

- Perdiccas: regent for Philip III

- Antigonus: Pamphylia + Lycia

- Ptolemy: Egypt

- Eumenes: Cappadocia + Paphlagonia

- Antipater: Macedonia

Asandros chronology

323 Appointed satrap of Caria

2x Mentions in Diodorus

11 Inscriptions

313 Satrapy taken by Antigonus

Lamian War (belligerents; outcome; terms)

323-322 (Athens + Greeks v Antipater; Macedonian victory after battle of Crannon; Athens to be governed by a pro-Macedonian oligarchy)

Pto kills Cleomenes, seizes all Egypt (how much wealth had Cleomenes amassed; how)

322 (8k talents; use of agents in Greece to take advantage of famines and massively overcharge)

Ptolemy hijacks Alx's funeral

321

Ptolemy gains control of Cyrene

321

Perdiccas is betrayed and dies

321

Battle of the Hellespont

321 (Eumenes v Neoptolemus + Craterus (latter dies))

Partition of Triparadisus

320 (Antipater made regent, rearrangement of satrapies; strongly opposed by Eurydice)

Seleucus is given power in Babylon

320

Siege of Nora

319 (Antigonus v Eumenes)

Antipater dies, regency crisis in Macedon (key players)

319 (Polyperchon + Cassander)

Ptolemy gains control of the Phoenician coast

318

Olympias writes to the silvershields, commands them to obey Eumenes

318

Philip III Arrhidaeus + Eurydice are killed (by whom)

317 (Olympias)

Battle of Gabiene

316 (Antigonus v Eumenes, betrayed by Silver shields after baggage train was stolen)

Olympias is killed

316

Cassandreia is founded

316

Thebes is refounded (by whom)

315 (Cassander + Ptolemy)

Eumenes is killed (how)

315 (starved for 3 days, then strangled)

Thessaloniki is founded (by whom)

315 (Cassander)

League of Islanders is created (by whom)

315 (Antigonus + Demetrius)

Cratesipolis (who) rules over Sicyon

314-06 (Polyperchon's daughter-in-law)

Antigonus + Demetrius declare the freedom of the Greeks

314

Pto takes all Cyprus

312

Seleucus re-establishes self as satrap of Babylonia and with power over Media and Susiana

311

Peace is made between Antigonus and Cassander, Lysimachus, and Pto (terms)

311 (C general of Europe, L rule of Thrace, Pto rule of Egypt, adjacent cities in Libya + Arabia, A all Asia, Greece to be free)

Agathocles of Syracuse attacks Carthage (how is this commemorated)

310 (coinage very similar to deified Alexander)

Antigoneia Troas and Antigoneia are founded

310

Lysimachia is founded

309

Roxana and Alexander IV are killed (by whom)

309 (Cassander)

Pto holds the Isthmian games (why)

308 (celebrate liberations of cities)

Antigoneia on the Orontes is founded

307

Antigonus I and Demetrius are honoured as divine saviours by the Athenians (why; extract)

307 (re-establishment of Athenian control on Munychia; Austin 43)

Battle of Salamis

306 (Pto v Demetrius I, Dem victory)

Antigonus I declares himself King (of where)

306 (whole empire)

Siege of Rhodes

305 (Demetrius v Ptolemy)

Ptolemy declares self King

305

Pto reduces weight of coinage (what does this create)

305 (epichoric economy)

Seleucus declares self King of Persia

305

Lysimachus declares self King

305

Cassander declares self King

305

Seleucia is founded (from)

305 (remains of Antigonia)