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Ancient Greece

By william_allen
  • Colossus of Rhodes is destroyed
    224

    Colossus of Rhodes is destroyed

    224 BC: Earthquake destroys the Colossus of Rhodes
  • Eratosthenes
    276

    Eratosthenes

    276 BC: Birth of Eratosthenes
  • Alexander the Great dies
    323

    Alexander the Great dies

    323 BC: Alexander the Great dies at Babylon
  • The Greek Hellenistic Period
    323

    The Greek Hellenistic Period

    323 -31 BC: The Greek Hellenistic Period
  • Alexandria
    333

    Alexandria

    333 BC Alexander the Great defeats the Persians at Issus and is given Egypt by the Persian Satrap where he builds a capital at Alexandria and founds the great library
  • Alexander the Great
    356

    Alexander the Great

    356 BC: Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II, is born
  • Temple of Athena Nike
    420

    Temple of Athena Nike

    420 - 410BC: Construction of Temple of Athena Nike
  • The Parthenon was finished
    432

    The Parthenon was finished

    432BC: The Parthenon in Athens was finished. This huge temple was built to house a statue of the Goddess Athena. She was put there to look over and protect the city-state.
  • Greek Classical Period
    500

    Greek Classical Period

    500-323 BC - The Greek Classical Period
  • First Greek coin
    May 4, 600

    First Greek coin

    600 BC: Greek Coin currency introduced
  • Draco's law is introduced
    May 4, 621

    Draco's law is introduced

    621 BC: Draco's code of law is introduced
  • First Greek colonies in Southern Italy and Sicily
    May 4, 750

    First Greek colonies in Southern Italy and Sicily

    750 BC: Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily
  • Homer starts writing
    May 4, 750

    Homer starts writing

    750 -700 BC: Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey
  • First Olympic Games
    May 4, 776

    First Olympic Games

    776 BC: First Olympic Games
  • The Greeks triumph against the Persian invaders for the 2nd time

    The Greeks triumph against the Persian invaders for the 2nd time

    490 BC: The Greeks defeated the Persian invaders. At the battle of Marathon.
  • The Greeks triumph against the Persian invaders

    The Greeks triumph against the Persian invaders

    480BC: The Greeks beat the Persians at the battle of Salamis.
  • Democracy

    Democracy

    508 BC: 'democracy' began in Athens.
  • Sophocles starts writing

    Sophocles starts writing

    468 BC: Sophocles writes his first tragedy
  • Aristotle is born

    Aristotle is born

    384 BC: Aristotle is born
  • Philip II

    Philip II

    359 BC: Philip II becomes the king of the Greeks
  • Socrates is executed

    Socrates is executed

    399 BC: Socrates is executed for his opposition to the Thirty Tyrants
  • Archimedes

    Archimedes

    287 BC: Birth of Archimedes
  • Death of Theophrastus

    Death of Theophrastus

    288 BC: Death of Theophrastus