What happened in 333 BC?
4 recorded events in 333 BC, including 3 in people and 1 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Issus
Second great battle of Alexander's conquest of Asia
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People 3
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Memnon of Rhodes died
Greek military leader
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Charidemus died
4th-century BC Greek mercenary leader
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Peroidas died
Ancient Macedonian general
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 333 BC.
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Alexander the Great becomes King of Macedon
Alexander ascends to the throne of Macedon at age 20, beginning a campaign that will create one of history's largest empires.
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Siege of Pelium
Siege undertaken by Alexander the Great against the Illyrian tribes
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Battle of Thebes
335 BCE battle between Alexander the Great and the Greek city state of Thebes
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Alexander's Balkan campaign
Campaign of Alexander the Great in 335 BCE against a number of rebellious vassals of the Macedonian kingdom
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Battle of the Granicus
334 BCE battle between Macedonians and Persians
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Siege of Halicarnassus
Siege between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 334 BC
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Siege of Miletus
Siege during the Wars of Alexander the Great (334 BC)
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Siege of Tyre
Siege of the largest and most important city-state of Phoenicia by Alexander the Great
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Siege of Gaza
332 BC siege
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Battle of Gaugamela
Decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
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Battle of Megalopolis
Battle between Antipater and Sparta
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Battle of Pandosia
Ancient battle between the Greeks and the Italians
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