5145 _Alexander crosses the Hellespont_ 334 5147 Tyre taken by Alexander 332 5147 _Alexandria founded_ 332 5148 _Battle of Arbela_ 331 5150 MACEDO-GRECIAN EMPIRE 329 5156 Death of Alexander 323 5159 Ptolemy takes Jerusalem 320 5168 The 21st Week of Daniel ends 311 5167 Era of the Seleucidæ or Contracts 312 5174 _Reign of Ptolemy Lagus_ 305 5180 _Arcesilaus flourished_ 299 5194 _Reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus_ 285 5199 Reign of Antiochus Soter 280 5200 _Irruption of the Gauls into Greece_ 279 5202 Epoch of the Septuagint Version 277 5215 _First Punic War_ 264 5217 The 28th Week of Daniel ends 262 5218 Reign of Antiochus Theus 261 5232 _Reign of Ptolemy Evergetes_ 247 5233 Reign of Seleucus Callinicius 246 5238 _Sicily ceded to Rome_ 241 5254 Reign of Seleucus Ceraunus 225 5256 Reign of Antiochus the Great 223 5257 _Reign of Ptolemy Philopator_ 222 5261 _Second Punic War_ 218 5263 _Battle of Cannæ_ 216 5266 The 35th Week of Daniel ends 213 5274 _Reign of Ptolemy Epiphanes_ 205 5289 _The Romans cross the Hellespont_ 190 5292 Reign of Seleucus Philopator 187 5298 _Reign of Ptolemy Philometor_ 181 5304 Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes 175 5304 Antiochus persecutes the Jews 10 years 175 5304 End of the Jewish Hierarchy 175 5309 Antiochus sacks Jerusalem 170 5311 _Macedon subdued by the Romans_ 168 5312 Martyrdom of the Maccabees 167 5313 The Asamonean Dynasty 166 5313 Reign of Judas Maccabeus 166 5315 Reign of Antiochus Eupator 164 5315 The 42d Week of Daniel ends 164 5317 Reign of Demetrius Soter 162 5318 The Jews allied with the Romans 161 5329 Reign of Alexander Balas 150 5330 _Third Punic War_ 149 5333 Reign of Demetrius Nicator 146