Timeline Chronology: IV century BCE
Ancient History
400 BCE
- Spartan expeditions in Asia Minor
395 BCE
- Timocrates of Rhodes in Greece and beginning of the Corinthian War
382 BCE
- Spartan occupation of Thebes
378 BCE
- Liberation of Thebes
- Second Athenian League
370 BCE
- Death of Amyntas III and Jason of Pherae
- Alliance of Thebes with Arcadia and Messenia; foundation of Messene
362 BCE
- Battle of Mantinea and death of Epaminondas
336 BCE
- Alexander king of Macedonia
335 BCE
- Alexander's campaigns on the northern borders of the kingdom and destruction of Thebes
334 BCE
- Beginning of Alexander's Asian campaign and Battle of the Granicus;
- beginning of the campaign of Alexander of Molossus in Southern Italy
331 BCE
- Battle of Gaugamela
- Agis III of Sparta rebels against Antipater
330 BCE
- Alexander pursues Darius III, who is killed by Bessus, satrap of Bactria
329 BCE
- Alexander kills the usurper Bessus
328 BCE
- Alexander subdues the rebellion of the eastern satrapies; "conspiracy of the pages"
327 BCE
- Indian campaign and return journey
324 BCE
- Alexander moves to Babylon
- Harpalus flees with part of the royal treasury
- Alexander arrives at Susa
- marriages of Alexander and his companions to Persian noblewomen
- mutiny of the army at Opis
- decree on the return of exiles to Greek cities
- the king moves to Ecbatana and death of Hephaestion
323 BCE
- 10–11 June, death of Alexander
- Philip III Arrhidaeus, king under the regency of Craterus (later with Alexander IV)
- Perdiccas as 'prime minister'
- Antipater, strategos of Europe
- Hellenic War (or Lamian War)
322 BCE
- Regime of Phocion at Athens, imposed by Antipater
321 BCE
- First War of the Diadochi; death of Craterus and Perdiccas, and the agreements of Triparadisus
319 BCE
- Death of Antipater
- Second War of the Diadochi
317 BCE
- Olympias has Philip III Arrhidaeus killed
- Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum at Athens, imposed by Cassander.
315 BCE
- Third War of the Diadochi
310 BCE
- Cassander has Alexander IV killed
309 BCE
- Cassander has Heracles, the illegitimate son of Alexander, killed.
308 BCE
- Fourth War of the Diadochi
307 BCE
- Demetrius 'liberates' Athens
306 BCE
- 'Year of the Kings': Antigonus, Demetrius, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Ptolemy, Cassander
- Agathocles as king in Syracuse
301 BCE
- Battle of Ipsus and death of Antigonus
- Ariarathes II, king of Cappadocia