Ancient Greece

  • Roman Invasion
    146

    Roman Invasion

    146 BC- Roman Invasion of Greece Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
    Rome rules Greece henceforth
  • Alexander
    323

    Alexander

    323 BC- Death of Alexander The Great
  • Army
    326

    Army

    326 BC- Alexander's army reaches India
  • Tyre
    332

    Tyre

    332 BC- Tyre capitulates to Alexander after siege
  • Philip II
    336

    Philip II

    Phillip II Assassinated.
    Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia
  • Agesilaus
    377

    Agesilaus

    377 BC- Agesilaus invades Boeotia
  • Parthenon
    447

    Parthenon

    447 BC- Work began on the Parthenon, built on the Acropolis, which was destroyed by Persians in 480 BC.
  • Golden Era
    477

    Golden Era

    477 BC- Pericles leads Athens through its "Golden Era"
  • Persian Wars
    500

    Persian Wars

    500 BC- Persian Wars
  • Olympic Games
    Jan 1, 776

    Olympic Games

    776 BC- First Olympic Games
  • Miletus
    Jan 1, 1100

    Miletus

    1100 BC- Destruction of Miletus and resettlement
  • Trojan War
    Jan 1, 1194

    Trojan War

    1194 BC- Trojan War
  • Pericles

    Pericles

    429 BC- Pericles was a leader of Athens who was responsible for rebuilding Athens following the Persian Wars. He was also leader of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, but he died of the plague that ravaged the city. He was so important that the era in which he lived is known as the Age of Pericles.