Ancient Greece

  • The Olympics
    776 BCE

    The Olympics

    The Olympics begin.They would take place every 4 years. They held this to honor the god Zeus.
  • The Iliad and Oddssey is made
    750 BCE

    The Iliad and Oddssey is made

    Homer writes the lliad and Oddssey begin the two biggest famous Poems.
  • Draco introduced new laws in Athens
    621 BCE

    Draco introduced new laws in Athens

    Draco showed them new laws that where strict. You could be punished by death. This law was called the Draconian law.
  • Aeschylus
    525 BCE

    Aeschylus

    He wrote about a play of the Persian war in 474 BC. He also wrote the famous trilogy The Oresteia. In all he wrote he did more than 80 plays but on 7 survived today
  • Sophocles
    496 BCE

    Sophocles

    He played lead roles in plays about the victory over the Persians at Salamis. He wrote plays and was Aeschylus rival. He was famous for his okays " Oedipus King"
  • Persian War
    490 BCE

    Persian War

    The Persians and the Greeks fight against each other.The Greeks win, while the Persians leaves
  • Euripides
    485 BCE

    Euripides

    Produced 80-90 plays but he recieved less awards. He was really popular with Athenian audiences
  • Aristophane
    445 BCE

    Aristophane

    His plays he would make fun of states-men like Pericles dramatists like Euripides and philosophers like Socrates.
  • The Peloponnesian War
    431 BCE

    The Peloponnesian War

    This war was against's Sparta and the Athens. Athens would avoid a land battle. The Athens hid behind there walls while the navy would bring them the supplies.Spartans burned all the Athens crops and farms houses and they didn't get any find because they burned all the crops.Athens try to hold on as long as they could but could not. Sparta wins while the Athens surrender
  • Alexander The Great
    356 BCE

    Alexander The Great

    He became king when he was 20. Had a army of 35,000 men and no navy. Attacked Asia Minor and conquered it. He fought the Persians for 3 years. Tried to conquer India. He got a fever and died. because of his successes he became a legend to the Greeks