08-12-2005, 02:51 PM
And here are some dates from the reign of Alexander the Great (* are not completely certain; other dates based on cuneiform sources):
335, Sept. 12: Sack of Thebes*
333, Nov. 5: Battle of Issus*
331, Oct. 1: Battle of Gaugamela
331, Oct. 22: Surrender of Babylon
330, Jan. 20: Battle of the Persian Gate
330, July 17: End of pursuit of Darius III; he is assassinated
329, June 1: Crossing of the Oxus*
323, June 11: Alexander dies in Babylon
322, Aug. 5: Battle of Crannon* (end of Lamian war)
And some other dates (BC) (** are known from some very recently published Babylonian chronicles)
616, July 24: Battle of Gablini (Nabopolassar defeats Assyrians)
612, August 15: Last day of sack of Nineveh
585, May 28: Battle of Pteria (Lydians versus Medes)
539, Oct. 12: Cyrus the Great takes Babylon
431, March 6: Theban attack on Plataea; outbreak of Peloponnesian War
309, Aug. 10: Seleucus defeats Antiochus**
307, June 10: Demetrius Poliorcetes liberates Athens
245, 9 Jan: Ptolemy III attacks Babylon (Laodicean War)**
217, June 22: Battle of Raphia
168, June 21: Battle of Pydna
48, June 6: Battle of Pharsalus
46, Feb. 6: Battle of Thapsus
31, Sept, 2: Naval battle of Actium
Dates A.D.
69, April 15: First battle of Cremona (Otho defeated)
69, Oct. 24-25: Second battle of Cremona (Vitellius defeated)
70, Sept. 8: Fall of Jerusalem (other days possible)
193, June 9: Surrender of Rome to Septimius Severus
194, March 31: Severus defeats Pescennius Niger at Issus
197, Feb. 19: Severus defeats Clodius Albinus near Lyons*
312, Oct. 12: Battle of Milvian bridge
313, May 1: Licinius defeats Maximinus at Tzirallum
324, Sept. 18: Consantine defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis
363, June 26: Julian the Apostate killed in action
Dates related to Roman emperors available at [url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/ei-er/emperors/emperors01.html[/url]
Dates of Seleucid kings at
[url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/se-sg/seleucids/seleucids.html[/url]
Dates of Ptolemaic kings at
[url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/ps-pz/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm[/url]
335, Sept. 12: Sack of Thebes*
333, Nov. 5: Battle of Issus*
331, Oct. 1: Battle of Gaugamela
331, Oct. 22: Surrender of Babylon
330, Jan. 20: Battle of the Persian Gate
330, July 17: End of pursuit of Darius III; he is assassinated
329, June 1: Crossing of the Oxus*
323, June 11: Alexander dies in Babylon
322, Aug. 5: Battle of Crannon* (end of Lamian war)
And some other dates (BC) (** are known from some very recently published Babylonian chronicles)
616, July 24: Battle of Gablini (Nabopolassar defeats Assyrians)
612, August 15: Last day of sack of Nineveh
585, May 28: Battle of Pteria (Lydians versus Medes)
539, Oct. 12: Cyrus the Great takes Babylon
431, March 6: Theban attack on Plataea; outbreak of Peloponnesian War
309, Aug. 10: Seleucus defeats Antiochus**
307, June 10: Demetrius Poliorcetes liberates Athens
245, 9 Jan: Ptolemy III attacks Babylon (Laodicean War)**
217, June 22: Battle of Raphia
168, June 21: Battle of Pydna
48, June 6: Battle of Pharsalus
46, Feb. 6: Battle of Thapsus
31, Sept, 2: Naval battle of Actium
Dates A.D.
69, April 15: First battle of Cremona (Otho defeated)
69, Oct. 24-25: Second battle of Cremona (Vitellius defeated)
70, Sept. 8: Fall of Jerusalem (other days possible)
193, June 9: Surrender of Rome to Septimius Severus
194, March 31: Severus defeats Pescennius Niger at Issus
197, Feb. 19: Severus defeats Clodius Albinus near Lyons*
312, Oct. 12: Battle of Milvian bridge
313, May 1: Licinius defeats Maximinus at Tzirallum
324, Sept. 18: Consantine defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis
363, June 26: Julian the Apostate killed in action
Dates related to Roman emperors available at [url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/ei-er/emperors/emperors01.html[/url]
Dates of Seleucid kings at
[url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/se-sg/seleucids/seleucids.html[/url]
Dates of Ptolemaic kings at
[url:1svtuwsc]http://www.livius.org/ps-pz/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm[/url]
