| Alexander | Period of Establishment of the new Kingdoms | Peak Period of the Hellenistic Kingdoms | Minor Hellenistic Kingdoms | Period of Roman Domination |
| Dates | Italy & the West | Mainland Greece, the Aegean & the Antigonids | Asia Minor, Syria & the Seleucids | Egypt & the Ptolemies |
| 323 | Death of Alexander in Babylon | |||
| 322 - 301: the Successor Wars.
A more detailed Chronology of the Successor Wars |
Antipater, Lysimachus,
Cassander
Beginnings of
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Antigonus "One Eyed", Demetrius
Poliorcetes
Ruler Cult among |
Ptolemy Soter
the new Kings |
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| 300 - 281: the period of consolidation. | Cassander, - 297
Lysimachus, -281 Demetrius Poliorcetes 307: Demetrius Poliorcetes in Athens. Euhemerus of Messene |
Seleucus I Nikator
311-281 |
Ptolemy I Soter
305-283 Sarapis "brought" to Egypt |
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| 280-277 | Pyrrhus invades Italy | Celtic invasions. | Celtic invasions
Antiochus I Soter, 281-261. |
Ptolemy II Philadelphus,
283-246. |
| 276- | 1st Punic War, Rome vs. Carthage | Antigonus Gonatas king of Macedon 276-239 | Antiochus II Theos, 261-246 | |
| - 221 | Demetrius II, 239 - 229, Antigonus III "Doson", 229-221. | Seleucus II, 246-225 | Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222. | |
| c. 270-200 |
The "Peak Period"
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Kingdoms |
| 221 | First Roman intervention in the Greek world: 1st Illyrian War | Philip V of Macedon, 221-179 | Antiochus III "the Great",
223-187.
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Ptolemy IV Philopator, 222-204 |
| 217 - 202 | Hannibal of Carthage invades Italy: 2nd Punic War | Desultory Roman wars with Philip V |
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 204-180 |
| 202
-196 |
Roman victory over Carthage: Rome dominates the eastern Mediterranean | Decisive Roman intervention in Greece: |
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ò |
| 192-188 | War between Rome | and Antiochus III | ñ | |
| 187:
171-167 |
2nd Macedonian War: defeat of Macedon by Rome | Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 175-164
A more detailed chronology of the Maccabean crisis |
Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145. | |
| 167-147 | Maccabean Revolt in Judea | |||
| 146 | Final Roman conquest of Greece | |||
| 142 | Hasmonean power in Israel | |||
| 66 | Pompey the Great given command in the Roman East: final settlement of Seleucid territories. | |||
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Period of the
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Wars | |
| 40-37 |
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Parthian invasion: Herod become King of Judea | ||
| 31 | Battle of Actium: triumph of Octavian / Augustus | Egypt a Roman province | ||
| 6 BC | Birth of Christ? | |||
| 50s AD | Pauline | Churches founded | ||
| 80-90 AD | Plutarch a priest of Delphi: Moralia | |||