Hellenistic

Period
323 - 168 BCE
 Rise
Alexander the Great and
corresponds roughly with the
Hellenistic Period of ancient
Greece, from 323 BCE
(Alexanders death)AFTER
ALEXANDERS DEATH HIS
EMPIRE WAS DIVIDED
AMONG HIS FOUR GENERALS
- THE DIADOCHI OR
SUCCESSORS.
 Fall
Greece by Rome in 148/6 BCE (although Romes rule
ended Greek independence and autonomy it did
nothing to significantly change nor did it in any way
halt the Hellenization of the world of the day).
 GOVERNMENT (General)

Democracy
Choose by the citizen
Oligarchy
Small group of people
Monarchy
The dynasty
 GOVERNMENT (Hellenistic)

After Alexander died in 323 BCE

Some of the younger commanders contest this
arrangement
A new division among the victors
Diadochi = the successor
Total = 4 wars
The Archean and the Aetolian leagues (politics)
Had a federal council