Politics & PowerThe 4th century BCE

Politics & Power in the 4th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime, narrowed to the 4th century BCE — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 359 BCE to 305 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
359 BCE
Latest
305 BCE
Europe
2
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 359–336 BCE — Europe:

    North Macedonia

    Reign of Philip II of Macedon

    Philip II reformed the Macedonian army and won mastery over the Greek city-states at Chaeronea, laying the foundations for the empire his son Alexander the Great would build across Asia.

    Era: Ancient Macedon and the Classical Legacy

    Sources: Philip II, king of Macedonia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Macedonia (region, Europe): Map, History & Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. 327 BCE — Asia:

    Uzbekistan

    Alexander marries Roxana of Bactria

    To cement his conquest, Alexander marries Roxana, daughter of the Bactrian chieftain Oxyartes, symbolising the union of Macedonian and Central Asian peoples.

    Era: Sogdiana, Bactria and the Silk Road

    Sources: Roxana — Macedonian queen, Bactrian princess · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. 323 BCE — Europe:

    Greece

    Death of Alexander and the Hellenistic kingdoms

    Alexander died at Babylon, and his generals divided his empire into the Ptolemaic, Seleucid and Antigonid kingdoms, beginning the Hellenistic age of Greek-ruled states across the East.

    Era: The Hellenistic Age: Alexander and His Successors

    Sources: Alexander the Great · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hellenistic Age · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. 305 BCE — Africa:

    Egypt

    Ptolemy I founds the Ptolemaic dynasty

    Alexander's general Ptolemy takes the royal title in Egypt, founding a Macedonian dynasty that rules from Alexandria for nearly three centuries.

    Era: Greco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt

    Sources: Ptolemaic Dynasty · World History Encyclopedia