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Death of Macedonia, Thrace, Asia M., Syria, Egypt, 323 Diogenes; Greece Pergamon Babylon Cyrenaica Death of Alexander suicide of Lysimachus / Ptolemies... 310 Demosthenes Roxana & Alexander IV murdered; Cassander Antigonus I Ptolemy I 306 e Diadochi assume title of kings Epicurus; Seleucids... Soter 301 300 Seleucus I Battle of Ipsus: Lysimachus and Euclid; Lysimachus Seleucus defeat Antigonus Zeno the Stoic Demetrius I 280 281 Pyrrhus invades Italy Attalids... Battle of Corupedium: Seleucus 278 Celts invade Anatolia Antigonids... Philetaerus Antiochus I defeats Lysimachus; death of Antigonus II Ptolemy II Lysimachus Septuagint Gonatas Philadelphus Eumenes I Antiochus II

Archimedes Ptolemy III Demetrius II Seleucus II Euregetes Antigonus III Attalus I Ptolemy IV 217 Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopater defeats Antiochus III Antiochus III 202 Philip V 200 Battle of Zama: Rome defeats Hannibal Rosetta 200 Antiochus III defeats Ptolemies; Stone Ptolemy V Seleucids control Palestine 189 Battle of Magnesia Epiphanes Eumenes II Seleucus IV Perseus 168 Antiochus IV Battle of Pydna: Rome defeats Macedonia Ptolemy VI 168, 167 Antiochus IV places altar to Demetrius I Philometer Zeus in Jewish temple; Mattathias and sons lead “Maccabean Revolt” 148 Macedonia reduced to Roman province; Attalus II 146 Destruction of Corinth and Carthage Demetrius II 142 Judea gains independence Attalus III vs. others

120 Mithridates becomes king of Pontus Pharisees and Antiochus VIII Hasmonean Sadducees Grypos; Ptolemy IX Period appear Antiochus IX 100 Ptolemy X of Jewish Independence Ptolemy IX and Expansion Ptolemy XII 66 Pompey commands th e Roman East 5130000-hellenistic-period-tml-map-bcrx BcResources.net © ncBc The Hellenistic World 323–63 BCE

189 Battle 168 Battle of of Magnesia CELTS Pydna Jaxartes R. 301 Battle Aral Danube R. Sea Black of Ipsus Rome MACEDONIA Sea Oxus R. ITALIA THRACE 30˚ E 40˚ E Caspian BITHYNIA Sea Tarentum Pella PONTUS SOGDIA 40˚ N Pergamon ARMENIA 40˚ N EPIRUS GALATIA Ai-Khonoum Asia Minor 50˚ E 10˚ E Corinth CAPPADOCIA Sicily Athens Zadrakarta Bactra Carthage 20˚ E Antioch Rhodes Euphrates MEDIA Rhagae BACTRIA SYRIA Tigris Mediterranean 281 Battle Ecbatana PARTHIA Sea of Corupedium Cyprus Cyrene Damascus Seleucia Susa Alexandria Gaza Jerusalem Babylon CYRENAICA ARACHOSIA Petra Memphis 202 Battle Syro-Arabian Persepolis EGYPT of Zama Nile R. Desert GEDROSIA

Desert Thebes Persian ARABIA Gulf

217 Battle of Raphia 20˚ N Red 60˚ E Sea Arabian Sea

n 750 miles / 1200 km