CLASSIC ERA

SIGNIFICANCE

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• Alexander the Greats death at the beginning of the era
• Emergence of the Roman Empire
• Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak
• Attic based dialect known as Koine Greek

MAJOR EVENTS

323 B.C.: Alexander the Great died.
323-322 B.C.: Hellenic War
322-320 B.C.: First Diadochi war.
320-311 B.C.: Second Diadochi war.

301 B.C.: Battle of Ipsus. Division of the empire into 4 parts.
295-168 B.C.: Antigonid Dynasty rules.
280 B.C.: Colossus of Rhodes built.
280-275 B.C.: Pyrrhic War.

175 B.C.: Temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens.

149 B.C.: Greece becomes a Roman province.

148 B.C.: Rome sacks Corinth.

148 B.C.: Macedonia becomes a Roman province

CONTRIBUTIONS

Art and Literature:
-focused more on the real rather the ideal
-depiction of man revolved around exuberant, and often amusing themes that explored the daily life and emotional world of humans, gods, and heroes
-reached new heights of innovations
-sculptures and canons of Polykleitos remained influential and were copied throughout the Hellenistic and Roman Eras

Science and Mathematics:
-became more matured
-practical inventions were created to help discover more complex
-Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth within 1500 miles by simultaneously measuring the shadow of two vertical sticks placed one in Alexandria and one in Syene, which helped the people discover the earth was round

THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD