chronology of events all dates are bce 386 foundation of platos academy 382 birth of phidias 371 battle of leuctra 378 354 second athenian empire 356 birth of alexander 356 346 second sacred war 351 demosthenes philippics 347 plato dies 342-338 aristotle tutors alexander 338 battle of chaeronea 336 assassination of philip 335 alexander destroys thebes 334 foundation of aristotles lyceum 334 battle of granicus 333 battle of issus 332 alexander founds alexandria in egypt 331 battle of gaugamela 323 alexander dies 322 aristotle and demosthenes die 313 ptolemy moves capital to alexandria 309 phidias returns to athens 307 phidias dies list of historical characters in alphabetical order .