Alexander the Great Timeline 1

Macedonian Rulers

Alexander I

498 BCE - 454 BCE

Amyntas I

498 BCE

Start date of rule unknown.

Perdiccas II

454 BCE - 413 BCE

Archelaus

413 BCE - 399 BCE

Orestes

399 BCE - 398 BCE

Aeropus II

398 BCE - 395 BCE

Amyntas II

395 BCE - 394 BCE

Amyntas III

393 BCE - 370 BCE

Alexander II

370 BCE - 367 BCE

Ptolemy

367 BCE - 365 BCE

Perdiccas III

365 BCE - 359 BCE

Philip II

359 BCE - 336 BCE

Alexander's father.

Alexander the Great

336 BCE - 323 BCE

Persian Rulers

Cyrus the Great

559 BCE - 530 BCE

Cambyses II

530 BCE - 522 BCE

Bardiya

522 BCE

Darius I

522 BCE - 486 BCE

Xerxes I

486 BCE - 465 BCE

Artaxerxes I

465 BCE - 424 BCE

Darius II

424 BCE - 404 BCE

Xerxes II

424 BCE

Artaxerxes II

404 BCE - 359 BCE

Artaxerxes III

359 BCE - 338 BCE

Artaxerxes IV

338 BCE - 336 BCE

Darius III

336 BCE - 330 BCE

Events

Cyrus the Great becomes king of Persia

559 BCE

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

First Persian invasion of Greece