Ancient Greece

  • First Olympics
    776 BCE

    First Olympics

    A Greek competition for the gods, where men would battle and test their athletic ability. Honoring the god Zeus.
  • Homer
    750 BCE

    Homer

    author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, inspired early Greek culture
  • Draco’s code of law
    620 BCE

    Draco’s code of law

    Harsh laws created by Draco. People were put to death for stealing things.
  • Rise of the Greek Tyrants
    546 BCE

    Rise of the Greek Tyrants

    Rise of tyrants, who were unfair and plain cruel leaders or kings/queens. An examples would be Argos
  • Democracy
    508 BCE

    Democracy

    A belief in shared power, Ancient Greece came up with this by combining two words.
  • First Persian war
    499 BCE

    First Persian war

    The first fight between Greek states and Persia.
  • Battle of Marathon
    490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    First Persian invasion of Greece. Fought by the Persian force and citizens of Athens.
  • Darius I
    487 BCE

    Darius I

    Known for being the Persian king and his great buliding technology
  • Second Persian war
    480 BCE

    Second Persian war

    The Greco Persian wars, was the second invasion of Greece. The King sought to conquer all of greece.
  • Battle of Thermopylae
    480 BCE

    Battle of Thermopylae

    Fight between Greek city states and Sparta, when the Persian king began trying to conquer Greece
  • Xerxes
    465 BCE

    Xerxes

    A king known for his massive invasion of greece.
  • Pericles
    429 BCE

    Pericles

    Greek statesman, known for his leadership as general
  • Agmemnon
    409 BCE

    Agmemnon

    Known for the Trojan war in Homer Lliad in greek mythology
  • Peloponnesian war
    404 BCE

    Peloponnesian war

    The war was between the Spartas and Athens. Spartas feared how much power Athens had and attacked. Spartas won the war
  • Socrates
    399 BCE

    Socrates

    A famous Greek philosopher. Wrote the Apology and the cavalry commander
  • The academy of Athens
    387 BCE

    The academy of Athens

    A place to educate philosophers. Founded by Plato
  • King Phillip II
    382 BCE

    King Phillip II

    King of the kingdom Macedonians, took over city states and tried to keep internal piece.
  • Alexander the great
    356 BCE

    Alexander the great

    A king of ancient kingdom of Macedon. Took the throne from his father. Named as a great military mind
  • Plato
    347 BCE

    Plato

    An Athenians philosopher, who gave ways for higher learning in the west world
  • Battles of Chaeronea
    338 BCE

    Battles of Chaeronea

    Battle between Greek city states and Macedonians. King Phillip took athens cities and began the war. Phillip won the war.
  • League in Corinth
    338 BCE

    League in Corinth

    Confederation of greek states set by Philip II, for the use of military forces
  • Aristotle
    323 BCE

    Aristotle

    A great greek philosopher, who founded the Perptical school. Taught by Plato
  • Parthenon completed
    124

    Parthenon completed

    Was meant to be a Mueseum, still in decent condition to this day.
  • Catapult
    399

    Catapult

    The catapult was invented by Greek soilders, using a pulley system to throw rocks or other things. Used as a military weapon