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In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, [1] which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last ...
Among all the city-states of Classical Greece, the most famous are certainly Athens and Sparta. Sometimes allies, often enemies, despite their shared language and culture, these two could not have ...
The allies of Athens were not released from their obligations to provide either money or ships, despite the cessation of hostilities. [204] In Greece, the First Peloponnesian War between the power-blocs of Athens and Sparta, which had continued on/off since 460 BC, finally ended in 445 BC, with the agreement of a thirty-year truce. [206]
409 Abydos is besieged by Athens; 409 Sparta sieges Klazomenai; 409 Selinus and Himera are sacked by Carthage; 409 Byzantium recaptured by Alcibiades for Athens. 408 The 3 poleis of Rodos unite and build a new capital called Rodos; 408 Athens besieges Paleopoli; 408 Athens abandons Siege of Abydos; 408 Sparta abandons the Siege of Klazomenai
The Battle of Mytilene was fought in 406 BC between Athens and Sparta. The Spartans were victorious. The Spartans were victorious. Shortly after the Battle of Notium , the Spartan Callicratidas took over command of the Peloponnesian fleet from Lysander .
The revolt was crushed by 494 BC, but Darius resolved to bring mainland Greece under his dominion. Many city-states made their submission to him, but others did not, notably including Athens and Sparta. [34] Darius thus sent his commanders Datis and Artaphernes to attack Attica, to punish Athens for her
These tensions were exacerbated in 462 BC when Athens sent a force to aid Sparta in overcoming a helot revolt, but this aid was rejected by the Spartans. [40] In the 450s, Athens took control of Boeotia, and won victories over Aegina and Corinth. [39] However, Athens failed to win a decisive victory, and in 447 lost Boeotia again. [39]
Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a process well underway by 146 BC, when the Greek mainland was taken, and essentially ending in 30 BC with the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt following the Battle of Actium.