B.C.
399 Socrates is accused of corrupting Athenian youth and gets death sentence
396 Veii, Etruscan city, falls to Rome and the Celts; Etruscan civilization is falling
396 Rome begins conquest of Italy
395 Athens, Argos, Corinth & Thebes form a league and against Sparta
394 Sparta defeats the League
394 Greek states war with each other
391 Romans under a dictator (Camillus) defeat the Etruscans
390 Gauls sack and burn Rome but fail to take the capital
384 Birth of Aristotle (philosopher and scientist)
382 Philip II (Philip of Macedon) is born
380 Last real Egyptian dynasty the XXXth
367 The first plebeian consul is elected to the assembly
359 Illyrians invade western Macedonia
359 Philip of Macedon is elected king of Macedonia
358 Philip II repulses the Illyrian invasion and extends kingdom
356 Birth of Alexander the Great
350 Crossbow invented in China
350 Revolt of the Jews against Artaxerxes III in Persia
348 Rome signs treaty with Carthage
343 The First Samnite War between Rome and the Samnites
343 Artaxerxes III of Persia recaptures Egypt and founds the 31st dynasty
340 The Latin Wars
340 Macedonia conquers Thrace.
339 Fourth Sacred War, between Macedonia and Athens
338? The first Roman coinage
338 Tribes and cities of Latin League revolt against Rome
338 Romans are victorious at Trifanum, and the League is dissolved
338 Philip of Macedon defeats invading Athenian and Theban armies at Chaeronea
338 Philip of Macedon unites all Greece under his rule
336 Artaxerxes III is assassinated; succeeded by Darius lIl on Persian throne
336 Philip of Macedon assassinated
336 He is succeeded by his son, Alexander III, known as "the Great"
334 Alexander the Great begins campaign against Persia
334 Alexander defeats Darius III in Anatolia.
334 Lydia becomes a tributary of Macedon
333 Alexander the Great defeats Darius III again at battle of Issus.
333 Persia is conquered by Alexander the Great
333 Phrygia falls under Macedonian rule
333 Israel comes under the rule of Alexander the Great
332 Alexander takes the city of Tyre after siege
332 End of Phoenician empire
332 remants of the Persian Empire fall to Alexander the Great
332 Tyre falls to Alexander the Great
332 Alexander the Great is welcomed in Egypt, begins his new city Alexandria
331 Alexander renews Persian campaign and defeats Darius III at Arbela
331 Persian capital of Persepolis burned by Alexander the Great
331 Persians defeated at Gaugamela
330 Darius III is assassinated, leaving Alexander in control of Persia
327 Second Samnite War, Roman troops are defeated and humiliated
327 Alexander begins invasion of India
324 Alexander the Great dies (age 33) in Babylon (no named successor)
323 Alexander's body is buried at Alexandria, Egypt
323 Lydia absorbed into the Seleucid kingdom
323 Ptolemy Soter becomes pharoah of Egypt after Alexander's death
321 Alexander's generals fight the "War of the Diadochi" over the conquered lands
321 Hellenistic period begins
312 The "Via Appia" (Appian Way) and "Aqua Appia" are constructed
321 Chandragupta founds Mauryan dynasty
320 Maurya takes control of Magadha and crosses the Indus into central India
320 Egypt takes Libya as a province
310 The Etruscans and Samnites attack Rome, but are defeated at Lake Vadimo
307 Two of Alexander's generals rule Greece, (Antigonus I and Demetrius I)
306 A trade treaty is agreed between Rome and Carthage.
305 Mauryan Empire expands after the defeat of Seleucus I Nicator
304 Seleucus gives up his claim on India to Chandragupta in exchange for 500 elephants
304 Rome makes peace with the Samnites and other enemies
305 Seleucus I becomes king, founding Seleucid dynasty (rules Syria)
301 Phrygia becomes a part of the Seleucid empire
301 Ptolemy I rules Palestine and Egypt
300 Chinese states build huge walls against the barbarians, still fight each other also
300 Seleucus controls Iran, Mesopotamia, n. Syria and most of Asia Minor