Kingdom of Lysimachus
State · 323–282 BCE · at its largest around 283 BCE
Realm of Alexander's general Lysimachus in Thrace and western Asia Minor, which collapsed after his death at the Battle of Corupedium in 281 BCE.
On its lands while it lasted
- Thermos (1,500–189 BCE): Capital of Aetolian League (284 BCE–189 BCE).
- Pergamon (801 BCE – 62 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Pontus (281 BCE–62), Kingdom of Pergamon (279 BCE–133 BCE).
- Aigai (750 BCE – 100 CE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
- Pella (c. 675–292 BCE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
- Aigai (c. 675–292 BCE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
- Byzantium (c. 667 BCE – c. 329 CE): Greek colony founded by settlers from Megara on the Bosporus; it was refounded by Constantine as Constantinople in 330 CE.
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia (c. 435 BCE – c. 425 CE): Giant gold-and-ivory seated statue of Zeus by Phidias in his temple at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; lost in the fifth century CE.
- Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE): Philosopher and polymath, student of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great, who founded the Lyceum and wrote on logic, biology, ethics and politics.
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE – 323 BCE): King of Macedon who conquered the Persian Empire and reached India, spreading Greek culture across the Near East before dying in Babylon at 32.
- Epicurus (341 BCE – 270 BCE): Philosopher who founded Epicureanism in Athens, teaching that happiness comes from tranquillity, friendship and freedom from fear.
- Thessaloniki (315 BCE): Capital of Kingdom of Thessalonica (1206–1224), Empire of Thessalonica (1236–1246).
- Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310 BCE – 230 BCE): Astronomer who proposed the first known heliocentric model, placing the Sun rather than the Earth at the centre of the known universe.
- Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (c. 300 BCE): Thracian beehive tomb in Bulgaria with well-preserved Hellenistic-period murals, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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