Macedonia Timeline

• c. 497 BCE - c. 454 BCE
  Alexander I reigns as king of Macedon.
• c. 437 BCE
  Athens founds the colony of Amphipolis in northern Macedonia.
• 382 BCE - 301 BCE
  Life of Antigonos I.
• 364 BCE
  Macedonian general Perdiccas III successfully defends Amphipolis against Athenian attack.
• 339 BCE - 338 BCE
  The Fourth Sacred War.
• 338 BCE
  Philip of Macedonia defeats the Greek allied forces of Athens, Thebes and Corinth in the Battle of Chaironeia.
• c. 330 BCE - c. 300 BCE
  Extensive building programme at Nemea funded by the Macedonians.
• 319 BCE
  Death of Antipater, regent of Macedon.
• 316 BCE
  Death of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great.
• c. 316 BCE
  Thessalonica is founded by Cassander.
• 310 BCE
  Assassination of Roxanne and Alexander IV, wife and son of Alexander the Great.
• 148 BCE
  Corcyra is made part of the Roman province of Macedonia.
• 146 BCE
  Thessalonica is made the captial of the Roman province of Macedon.
• c. 25 BCE - c. 50 CE
  Life of the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.