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Hellenistic & Republic

323 BCE - 27 BCE. From Alexander's successors to Rome's Republican crises and Mediterranean conquest.

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Roman World / 218 BCE

In 218 BCE, Hannibal Barca led Carthage's army, cavalry, and war elephants across the Alps to strike Rome from the unthinkable road.

Punic Wars Inside this period

Roman World / 71 BCE

From night over Campania to the Via Appia crucifixions, Spartacus's revolt against Rome: discipline, defiance, and an immortal legacy.

Roman Republic Inside this period

Greek World / 63 BCE

Mithridates VI of Pontus, Rome's relentless enemy, tried to conquer death through poison, only to meet the cruel irony of his own immunity.

Hellenistic Kingdoms Inside this period

Greek World / 330 BCE

Parmenion, the loyal Macedonian general, was executed without trial, sacrificed in the shadow of Alexander's growing imperial power.

Macedonian Empire 7 years from this period

Greek World / 333 BCE

Memnon of Rhodes, the Greek commander in Persian service, nearly turned Alexander's conquest into a trap by striking at his lifeline in the Aegean.

Macedonian Empire 10 years from this period

Greek World / 386 BCE

Artaxerxes II lays down the law, returns Ionia to Persia, proclaims autonomy, and makes Sparta the guarantor of a twilight peace.

Classical Greece 63 years from this period

Roman World / 38 CE

Julia Drusilla, beloved sister of Caligula, became a silent figure trapped between imperial obsession, hostile sources, and posthumous deification.

Roman Empire 65 years from this period

Greek World / 440 BCE

Discover Aspasia of Miletus, influential intellectual and companion of Pericles, a major female figure of Classical Athens in the 5th century BCE.

Classical Greece 117 years from this period

Roman World / 120 CE

The mysterious disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion in Britain remains one of history's most intriguing enigmas.

Roman Empire 147 years from this period