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6 giorni fa · Philip II's son Alexander the Great, leading a federation of Greek states, accomplished his father's objective of commanding the whole of Greece when he destroyed Thebes after the city revolted. During Alexander's subsequent campaign of conquest , he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire and conquered territory that stretched as far as the Indus River .
3 giorni fa · The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC [i] and lasted until 449 BC.
- 499–449 BC
- Greek victory
5 giorni fa · The Asian campaign of Alexander the Great had an unexpected impact on the economy of Macedonia and the rest of Ancient Greece. The conquests of the cities of Damascus, Persepolis, Susa, Sardes, and others brought the massive amount of 180,000 talents (one talent = 6,000 drachmae) suddenly into Alexander’s treasury at Ecbatana and the circulation of coinage increased significantly.
2 giorni fa · Alexandria. Coordinates: 31°11′51″N 29°53′33″E. Alexandria ( / ˌælɪɡˈzændriə, - ˈzɑːn -/ AL-ig-ZA (H)N-dree-ə; [5] Arabic: الإسكندرية; [a] Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια [b], Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile River delta.
- (+20) 3
- 331 BC
- 5 m (16 ft)
- Egypt
2 giorni fa · The Parthenon (/ ˈ p ɑːr θ ə ˌ n ɒ n,-n ən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC.
5 giorni fa · Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios were present in the Roman triumph of Octavian in 29 BC. [364] [239] The fates of Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus are unknown after this point. [364] [239] Octavia arranged the betrothal of Cleopatra Selene II to Juba II , son of Juba I , whose North African kingdom of Numidia had been turned into a Roman province in 46 BC by Julius Caesar due ...
2 giorni fa · Greece is a country that is at once European, Balkan, Mediterranean, and Near Eastern. It lies at the juncture of Europe , Asia , and Africa and is heir to the heritages of Classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire , and nearly four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule .
