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323
Death, Alexander the Great
At the age of 33 Alexander the Great, one of the times greatest rulers, died from an illness and fever. During his rule he expanded the Macedonian-Greek Empire -
Period: 323 to
The Classical Period
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Period: 330 to 400
Late Classical Period
King Phillip II ruled the Macedonian Empire after uniting the Greek polis -
334
Alexander III
Phillip II died and his 22 year old son Alexander III (later known as Alexander the great) began to reign. He planned to follow through with his father's plan of conquering Persia -
Period: 336 to
King Phillip II
King Phillip II ruled from 359-336 BCE -
337
War under Phillip II
King Phillip II declared war on the Persian empire data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxQSEhUUEhQUFBUUFBQVFRgUFBQUFBcXFBUWFxUUFRQYHCggGBolHBUUITEhJSkrLi4uFx8zODMsNygtLisBCgoKDg0OGhAQFywkHCQsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsKywsLCwsNywsLCwsLCssLCw3NywrKysrK//AABEIAOEA4QMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAbAAABBQEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQIDBAUGB//EADwQAAEDAgQDBgQDBwMFAAAAAAEAAhEDIQQFEjFBUWEGInGBkaETMrHBUtHwFCNCcoLh8RVDsiQzYqLS/8QAGQEAAwEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQF/8QAJBEBAQACAgMAAgIDAQAAAAAAAAECEQMhE -
Period: 404 to 434
Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was fought between Sparta and Athens, both Greek city-states -
430
Plague
A plague wiped out over half of Athenians including Pericles, which was a setback for the growing polis -
434
The Peloponnesian War (434-404 BC)
The Peloponnesian War was fought between Sparta and Athens, both Greek city-states in a series of three battles -
447
Acropolis
In Athens, under Pericles many architectual buildings began to be built including the Parthenon (a temple in Athens) -
Battle of Chaeronea
Athens and Thebes joined forces in an attempt to beat Macedona. Macedonia eventually won the battle data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxQSEhQUExQVFhUXGBgWFxgXGBwXHRgXFxcXFxkXGBQcHCggGBolHBkUITEhJikrLi4uFx8zODMsNygtLisBCgoKDg0OGxAQGy8kICQ0LCwsLywsLCwsLy4sLCwsLywsLCwvLCw0LCwsLCwsNCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLP/AABEIAKoBKQMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAaAAACAwEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADBAECBQAG/8QAQBAAAQIFAgMGAgkDAwIHAAAAAQIRAAMSITEEQSJRYQUTMnGBkVKhFCNCYpKxwdHwBnKCFVPhM/EWQ6KywsPS/8QAGgEAAgMBAQAAAAAA -
The Delian League
Greek-city states came together after war with Persia in an attempt to keep the Persians from retaliating -
Battle of Marathon
Battle between The Persians led by Darius and Greek city-states. Persia was finally defeated and Greece began to show they were a strong empire
