Ancient Greece By Lawson the Awesome 323 323 BC Alexander the Great dies 404 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends 431 431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies 432 432 BC The Parthenon is completed Jul 21, 776 776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games ) Jul 21, 1100 1100 BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast. Jul 21, 1400 1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World Jan 1, 2000 2000 BC lonian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes ) lonian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes ) Mar 2, 2022 800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD Mar 2, 2022 509 BC Democracy develops Mar 2, 2022 490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon Mar 2, 2022 480 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA Mar 2, 2022 338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece Mar 2, 2022 329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire Mar 2, 2022 187 BC Rome conquers Greece