The Athenians are defeated at Methone, the first battle that Philip of Macedon ever won in Greece 360 Dionysius the younger is expelled from Syracuse by Dion. The second Sacred war begins, on the temple of Delphi being attacked by the Phocians 357 Dion put to death, and Syracuse governed seven years by tyrants. About this time flourished Eudoxus, Lycurgus, Ibis, Theopompus, Ephorus, Datames, Philomelus, &c. 354 The Phocians, under Onomarchus, are defeated in Thessaly by Philip 353 Egypt is conquered by Ochus 350 The Sacred war is finished by Philip taking all the cities of the Phocians 348 Dionysius recovers the tyranny of Syracuse, after 10 years’ banishment 347 Timoleon recovers Syracuse and banishes the tyrant 343 The Carthaginians defeated by Timoleon near Agrigentum. About this time flourished Speusippus, Protogenes, Aristotle, Æschines, Zenocrates, Demosthenes, Phocion, Mamercus, Icetas, Stilpo, Demades 340 The battle of Cheronæa, August 2nd, where Philip defeats the Athenians and Thebans 338 Philip of Macedon killed by Pausanius. His son Alexander, on the following year, enters Greece, destroys Thebes, &c. 336 The battle of the Granicus, 22nd of May 334 The battle of Issus in October 333 Tyre and Egypt conquered by the Macedonian prince, and Alexandria built 332 The battle of Arbela, October 2nd 331 Alexander’s expedition against Porus. About this time flourished Apelles, Callisthenes, Bagoas, Parmenio, Philotas, Memnon, Dinocrates, Calippus, Hyperides, Philetus, Lysippus, Menedemus, &c. 327 Alexander dies on the 21st of April. His empire is divided into four kingdoms. The Samian war, and the reign of the Ptolemies in Egypt 323 Polyperchon publishes a general liberty to all the Greek cities. The age of Praxiteles, Crates, Theophrastus, Menander, Demetrius, Dinarchus, Polemon, Neoptolemus, Perdiccas, Leosthenes 320 Syracuse and Sicily usurped by Agathocles. Demetrius Phalereus governs Athens for 10 years 317 Eumenes delivered to Antigonus by his army 315 Seleucus takes Babylon, and here the beginning of the era of the Seleucidæ 312 The conquests of Agathocles in Africa 309 Democracy established at Athens by Demetrius Poliorcetes 307