Timeline (Alexander Empire)

This is a timeline of all of the major events in the history of the world since 338 BCE in the Alexander Empire timeline.

Timeline

4th Century BCE

• 338 BCE: Philip II conquers all of Macedonia and Greece.
• 336 BCE: Philip II assassinated, Alexander III takes the throne.
• 334 BCE: Alexander mounts an invasion of the Persian Empire.
• 328 BCE: Alexander completes the capture of the Persian Empire.
• 327 BCE: Alexander mounts an invasion of India.
• 326 BCE: The troops in India mutiny and refuse to go on.
• 322 BCE: Preparations for invasion of India finished and an invasion commences.
• 315 BCE: India captured by Alexander and made a province.
• 313 BCE: Alexander captures Tibet and Ceylon and makes them provinces.
• 310 BCE: Alexander conquers South East Asia and makes it a province.
• 310 BCE: Alexander completes his dream of reaching the Great Outer Sea.
• 309 BCE: An invasion of the Arabs in the Arabian peninsula is started.
• 308 BCE: Last Arabs in Mascat are defeated and the land is annexed.
• 307 BCE: The Southern Sarmatian tribes are annexed into the empire.
• 307 BCE: The Caspian Sea is conquered and under the control of Alexander.
• 307 BCE: Barbarians raid and burn cities in north Macedonia and get close to Pella.
• 306 BCE: An army ventures north of Macedonia, but comes out empty-handed.
• 305 BCE: Alexander builds many new cities in North Macedonia.

3rd Century BCE

• 300 BCE: After a period of peace and fortification, Rome attacks Macedonia.
• 299 BCE: 85,000 soldiers attack Rome amphibiously, and Alexander is wounded.
• 297 BCE: 60,000 Macedonian soldiers defeat a force of 65,000 Roman exiles.
• 297 BCE: Carthage takes West Sicily, West Egypt joins the Hellenistic Empire.
• 295 BCE: Alexander declares war on Carthage.
• 294 BCE: An amphibious attack is attempted but fails to capture the city.
• 294 BCE: Land invasion of the Carthaginian Empire commences.
• 292 BCE: The Hellenistic Empire captures Carthage.
• 291 BCE: All of North Africa falls into Alexander's hands.
• 290 BCE: Alexander attacks Spain where the Carthage's remnants lay.
• 290 BCE: Gallic tribes and Carthage use guerrilla warfare to keep themselves alive.
• 288 BCE: The Pyrenees Mountain Range is cut off and captured.
• 286 BCE: The Carthaginian Empire is annexed into the Hellenistic Empire.
• 284 BCE: Pella and other cities are threatened by Barbarians.
• 279 BCE: Gaul has either joined or been conquered by Alexander.
• 276 BCE: Alexander IV takes the throne and starts the Macedonian Dynasty.
• 270 BCE: Alexander the Great dies as the creator of the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
• 269 BCE: Alexander IV completes the conquering of Southern Great Britain.
• 268 BCE: Alexander IV invades Germania meeting heavy resistance.
• 260 BCE: Alexander IV wins the Battle of Sincer, giving him control of half of OTL Germany.
• 251 BCE: An army of 100,000 moves up the Danube, and subdues barbarians one by one.
• 219 BCE: Philip III defeats the last Germanic barbarians and the empire now controls Germania.
• 210 BCE: Philip III takes Scotland after defeating a huge combined army of Picts and Scots numbering 110,000.
• 206 BCE: The Gaels are conquered and Ireland is annexed into the empire.

2nd Century BCE

• 198 BCE: Alexander V becomes the leader of the empire and conquers more of Africa and the island of Sumatra.
• 157 BCE: Karanos I takes the throne after Alexander V passes.
• 155 BCE: Karanos declares war on Kush.
• 154 BCE: A ground invasion of Kush from Egypt commences, cavalry, war elephants and ships down the Nile pound Kushites.
• 152 BCE: The Battle of Meroe destroys Kush, and takes Meroe for the empire.
• 147 BCE: Karanos finishes a fortification of the empire and then attacks the Slavic Tribes in OTL Ukraine.
• 144 BCE: Karanos continues advancing into OTL Russia with a force numbering 90,000.
• 135 BCE: The final Slavic barbarians are annexed into the empire.
• From here, the empire conquers the southern Finns and northern Samartians by 101 BCE.

1st Century BCE

• In the 1st Century BCE, the empire conquers more of OTL Russia, Borneo, Java, and some more of Africa.

1st Century CE

• No expansion, the empire holds steady.

2nd Century CE

• 128 CE: A republican form of government is established. A senate rules alongside the emperor.
• Some more of China is conquered.

3rd Century CE

• ~215 CE: Mongols attempt an invasion of the empire.
• 235 CE: India is by now severely damaged.
• 242 CE: Mongols ousted from India, but with heavy losses.
• 245 CE: The Empire begins a decline as it loses North India and Southeast Asia.
• 253 CE: Persia breaks away from the empire, as does Carthage and Arabia.
• 254 CE: Rome breaks away, the barbarians escape from the empire.
• 255 CE: Only the Balkan Peninsula and West Asia Minor are part of the empire.
• 256 CE: Greece and Asia Minor declare independence.
• 257 CE: Pella and its surrounding territories are now the only territories of the empire.
• 257 CE: The empire officially collapses.
• 261 CE: Rome conquers the Italian peninsula.
• 266 CE: The Eastern Balkan Peninsula and North Spain fall into Roman hands.
• 268 CE: Carthage conquers North Africa and Southern Spain.
• 294 CE: Carthage conquers the Kingdom of Egypt.
• 295 CE: Rome conquers Gaul and Southern Germania.
• 298 CE: Theodoric the Bloody-Handed conquers all of Germania and founds the New Germanic Empire.
• 300 CE: Alexanderomagus is taken by Theodoric.

4th Century CE

• 303 CE: Freawine (Alexander Empire) ambushes Scipio, who won the battle but lost his life. Theodoric continues.
• 303 CE: Theodoric captures Burdigala.
• 303 CE: Alexander Byzantinus becomes leader of Rome and plans the retaking of Gaul and Spain.
• 304 CE: Freawine captures Roman Spain and puts his eye on Carthaginian Spain.
• 304 CE: Byzantinus lands in Palermo and sends a spy to turn Freawine against Theodoric, which starts a civil war.
• 306 CE: Byzantinus and Nacifel Caso, a Carthaginian General, launch a massive invasion of North Spain numbering about 200,000.
• 307 CE: Byzantinus is proclaimed king by his troops over Romulus Marcianus.
• 307 CE: Weakened Germanic forces are defeated by Romans, Freawine is caught and executed.
• 308 CE: Caso takes the Balearic Islands in a frantic search for the Germanic King.
• 309 CE: Caso attacks the Germanic held islands of Sardinia and Corsica. The Germanic King is caught and killed.
• 310 CE: Rome invades Gaul as Carthage solidifies its new acquisitions of Sardinia and Corsica.
• 310 CE: Byzantinus officially becomes king of the Roman Empire, renames it the Byzantine Empire, and makes the Macedonians the ruling class.
• 311 CE: At the Battle of Lutetia, Theodoric is caught an imprisoned by the Romans.
• 314 CE: Rome has now re-conquered most of Gaul, but Byzantinus lets the Germanic tribes keep Germania.
• 314 CE: Byzantinus celebrates his victory over the New Germanic Empire in Pella, and pardons Theodoric.
• 359 CE: The Byzantine Dynasty begins with the throne being given to Amatius I.
• 361 CE: Byzantinus dies and is mourned all over the empire.
• 390 CE: The Mongols appear once again and utterly destroy the Kingdom of India.
• 400 CE: Mongols complete the capture of Southeast Asia, North China and Tibet.

5th Century CE

• 407 CE: The Persian Empire once again meets a speedy end after a quick capture by the Mongols.
• 410 CE: The Mongols advance more than 300 km into the Byzantine Empire and capture Byzantium.