Ancient Greece By hspence123 323 323 BC Alexander the Great dies 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends 431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies 432 432 BC The Parthenon is completed Jul 1, 776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games ) Jul 1, 1100 BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on Jul 1, 1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World Jul 1, 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes ) Mar 2, 2022 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop Mar 2, 2022 800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD Mar 2, 2022 509 BC Democracy develops Mar 2, 2022 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon Mar 2, 2022 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they 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 BC Rome conquers Greece