The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was a monumental tomb built in the city of Halicarnassus, today Bodrum in Turkey, for Mausolus, the ruler of Caria under the Persian empire, and his wife and sister Artemisia. Work began around 351 BCE after Mausolus died, and it was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius and decorated by leading sculptors. A tall base held a colonnade and a stepped roof topped with a marble chariot. It was counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the word mausoleum comes from the name of Mausolus. Earthquakes damaged it over the centuries, and in the early 1400s the Knights of St John used its stones to build Bodrum Castle. Remains and sculptures are now in the British Museum.
Before and after
- 375 BCEBirth of Chanakya
- 370 BCEDeath of Hippocrates
- 20 July 356 BCEBirth of Alexander the Great
- 4th century BCEOrigins of Servian Wall
- from 351 BCE to 1494Construction of Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
- from 343 BCE to 290 BCESamnite Wars
- 342 BCEBirth of Epicurus
- from 341 BCE to 338 BCESecond Latin War
- from 336 BCE to 323 BCEWars of Alexander the Great
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