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- The final demise of ancient Greece came at the Battle of Corinth in 146 B.C.E. After conquering Corinth, the ancient Romans plundered the city and wrecked it, leading to the downfall of ancient Greece.
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3 days ago · The Seleucid Empire was a major center of Hellenistic culture. Greek customs and language were privileged; the wide variety of local traditions had been generally tolerated, while an urban Greek elite had formed the dominant political class and was reinforced by steady immigration from Greece.
May 20, 2024 · The Seleucid empire began losing control over large territories in the 3rd century bce. An inexorable decline followed the first defeat of the Seleucids by the Romans in 190. By that time the Aegean Greek cities had thrown off the Seleucid yoke, Cappadocia and Attalid Pergamum had achieved independence, and other territories had been lost to ...
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6 days ago · War of Greek Independence (1821–32), rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the establishment of an independent kingdom of Greece. The revolt began under the leadership of Alexander Ypsilantis. He was defeated, but, in the meantime, other rebels in Greece took up the cause.
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2 days ago · 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 and lasted until 449 BC.
3 days ago · After Alexander's death in 323 BC, the ensuing wars of the Diadochi, and the partitioning of Alexander's short-lived empire, Macedonia remained a Greek cultural and political center in the Mediterranean region along with Ptolemaic Egypt, the Seleucid Empire, and the Attalid kingdom.
May 18, 2024 · In 305 the two emperors, Diocletian and Maximian, abdicated, to be succeeded by their respective deputy emperors, Galerius and Constantius. The latter were replaced by Galerius Valerius Maximinus in the East and Flavius Valerius Severus in the West, Constantine being passed over.
May 14, 2024 · The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC led to half a century of fierce military and political competition between the Diadochi (successors) who carved up his empire amongst themselves. During this period of turmoil emerged some of the great powers of the day, namely Antigonid Macedon, the Seleucid Empire, and the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.
