330 B.C
Megas Alexandros conquers Persia
Beginning of implementation of policies regarding Hellenic colonization of the East. Parmenion is appointed Satrap of Ecbatana, and his son Philotas is sent to Media to oversee the creation of Hellenic military colonies in the region.
319 B.C
megas alexandros dies
poison is suspected to be the cause of his death. He leaves behind several legitimate children by Roxana and Stateira, and several illegitimate ones widely acknowledged to be his. His son Alexandros IV is blinded in an accident, and following unrest he is taken by his mother and loyal retainers to Cyprus.
318 B.C
War of the successors
Diadokhoi Crisis starts in earnest. Beginning of the division of the Empire.
312 B.C
The Warlord Satraps
Seleukos I Nikator and Ptolemy I Soter defeat Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedon in the Battle of Gaza. Beginning of Seleukid Era and creation of Arche Seleukeia.
305 B.C
Chiliarch of the royal army
Seleukos I Nikator founds Seleukeia on the Tigris, his new capital.
303 B.C
Seleukid Conquest of Sindhia.
Seleukid Conquest of Sindhia. Chandragupta Maurya becomes a Seleukid vassal.
300 B.C
the city of antiocheia is founded
By Seleukos I Nikator, western capital of his rising Empire
298 B.C
Mercenary Prince Agathocles Hieronid unites sicily
under his rule and marries Ptolemy’s stepdaughter Theoxena. Kyrene is brought under Ptolemaic control
292 B.C
Lysimachus, Basileus of Thrakia
campaigns beyond the Danube, but he is defeated and taken prisoner by the Dacian king Dromichaetes. Lysimachus is set free after the marriage of Dromichaetes with Lysimachus’ daughter. Hellenic influence over Dacia increases.
289 B.C
Agathocles of Siracusa dies
and a succession struggle ensues. Mercenaries calling themselves the Mamertines, the Sons of Mars, take over Messana and the northeastern part of the island.