Timeline

4th century BCE

1. 399 BCE★★★★★

   Trial and death of Socrates

   The philosopher Socrates is convicted by an Athenian jury of impiety and corrupting the youth, and is executed by drinking hemlock.

   DeathCulture· Greece
2. 323 BCE★★★★★

   Death of Alexander the Great

   Alexander the Great dies in Babylon aged 32, leaving an empire stretching from Greece to India.

   DeathPolitics· Iraq, Greece