Macedonia Timeline

Timeline

  • c. 497 BCE - c. 454 BCE
    Alexander I reigns as king of Macedon.
  • c. 437 BCE
    Athens founds the colony of Amphipolis in northern Macedonia.
  • 382 BCE - 301 BCE
    Life of Antigonos I.
  • 364 BCE
    Macedonian general Perdiccas III successfully defends Amphipolis against Athenian attack.
  • 338 BCE
    Philip of Macedonia defeats the Greek allied forces of Athens, Thebes and Corinth in the Battle of Chaironeia.
  • c. 330 BCE - c. 300 BCE
    Extensive building programme at Nemea funded by the Macedonians.
  • 319 BCE
    Death of Antipater, regent of Macedon.
  • 316 BCE
    Death of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great.
  • c. 316 BCE
    Thessalonica is founded by Cassander.
  • 310 BCE
    Assassination of Roxanne and Alexander IV, wife and son of Alexander the Great.
  • 148 BCE
    Corcyra is made part of the Roman province of Macedonia.
  • 146 BCE
    Thessalonica is made the captial of the Roman province of Macedon.
  • c. 25 BCE - c. 50 CE
    Life of the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.
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