The Hellenistic Age Flashcards
(64 cards)
The conquests of Alexander the Great
334 to 323 BC
The Battle of Chaeronea
338 BC King Philip II of Macedonia conquers a confederation of Greek city-states and assumes control over Greece.
Alexander becomes King of Macedonia
336 upon the death of Philip II
The Battle of Guagamela
331 BC Alexander defeats Darius III leading to the defeat of the Persian empire.
Alexander sacks Persepolis
330 BC the capital of the Persian empire.
Alexander dies
323 BC his empire is split up between his four generals. Ptolemy rules Egypt and makes his capital at Alexandria; the Seleucid dynasty rules Syria.
The First Punic War
264 to 241 BC
The Second Punic War
218 to 201 BC. Hannibal crosses the Alps and defeats the Roman army in 216 BC.
Hannibal crosses the Alps and reaches the gates of Rome
218 BC and 212 BC
Scipio defeats Hannibal at the Battle of Zama
202 BC Ending the last major threat to the Roman Empire for centuries.
The Seleucid King Antiochus the Great wrests Jerusalem from Ptolemaic control
198 BC. The Seleucids of Syria rule Palestine from 198 to 42 BC.
The Romans defeat the Macedonians and the Syrians on the plains of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly.
197 BC This ends Macedonian dominance of Greece.
Asia Minor becomes a Roman protectorate
190 BC Lucius Scipio defeats the Seleucid King Antiochus III in a battle near Magnesia.
The Maccabean Revolt
167 to 142 BC. Under Judas Maccabeus the Jews gain independence from the Seleucids of Syria, which they maintain until 63 BC. Palestine is ruled by the Hasmoneans. The Jewish sects form: Pharisees; Sadducees; Essenes.
The Battle of Corinth
146 BC The Roman Republic defeats the Achaean League at the Battle of Corinth. Greece becomes a Roman province.
The Third Punic War
149 to 146 BC It ends with Rome destroying Carthage and gaining complete hegemony in the Mediterranean. The Romans burn Carthage to the ground and sell its citizens into slavery.
The Spartacus slave revolt
73 to 71 BC
Pompey Magnus conquers western Asia
63 BC Judea becomes a Roman protectorate
Julius Caesar invades Britain
55 BC. Rome does not conquer Britain until the first century AD
Lucretius writes On the Nature of Things
50 BC
Caesar crosses the Rubicon
49 BC
The Great Roman Civil War
49-45 BC. Between Caesar and the Populares and the Optimates faction of the Senate, led by Pompey.
The Battle of Pharsalus
48 BC in Greece. Caesar defeats Pompey, who flees to Egypt where he is killed.
Caesar is declared Dictator Perpetuous of Rome and assassinated.
44 BC by Gaius Cassius and Marcus Brutus.
