ancient Greece

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  • 3400 BCE

    earliest fortifications

    Evidence of earliest fortifications at Dimini, Greece
  • 3000 BCE

    houses of greece

    Houses of Vasiliki and Myrtos
    Messara Tholoi
    House of Tiles at Lerna
  • 2000 BCE

    Minoan settlements

    Destruction of Minoan settlements
  • 1700 BCE

    Minoan palaces

    Destruction of Minoan palaces
    Settlement of Akrotiri, Thera
    Grave Circle B at Mycenae
  • 1627 BCE

    Thera volcano

    Eruption of Thera volcano
  • 1600 BCE

    legends of Greece

    Grave Circle A at Mycenae
    Legends: Argo Voyage, Heracles, Oedipus
  • 1550 BCE

    Tholos

    Tholos Tomb at Mycenae
  • 1450 BCE

    writing

    Linear B writing
  • 1400 BCE

    Mycenaean Palaces

    Evidence of expanded Mycenaean trade at Levand.
  • 1370 BCE

    palace of knossos

    Palace of Knossos destruction
  • 1300 BCE

    Sea Peoples

    "Sea Peoples" begin raids in the Eastern Mediterranean
  • 1250 BCE

    Trojan war

    the war between Greece and troy
  • 1200 BCE

    Doric Invasions

    Destruction of many Mycenaean palaces as a result of the
    Doric Invasions.
  • 1100 BCE

    Miletus

    Destruction of Miletus and resettlement
  • 1000 BCE

    End of Mycenaean civilization

    End of Mycenaean civilization
    Lefkandi: Toumba building
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

    First Olympic Games
  • 750 BCE

    italy, alphabet and poems

    Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily,
    Invention of Greek alphabet and the
    Homeric poems recorded in writing
  • 730 BCE

    First Messenian War

    First Messenian War
    Sparta invades Messenia
    (730-710)
    Naxos founded (734)
    Syracuse founded (733)
  • 650 BCE

    Poets

    Earliest Lyric Poets
  • 640 BCE

    Second Messenian War

    Second Messenian War
    Sparta invades Messenia (640-630)
    Cyrene founded (630)
  • 594 BCE

    democracy

    Solon replaces the Draconian law in Athens and lays the foundation for Democracy.
    He introduced to Athens the first coinage and a system of weights and measures
  • 569 BCE

    Pythagoras is born

    Pythagoras (ca. 569-475) born in Samos
  • 546 BCE

    Pisistratos

    Pisistratos becomes tyrant of Athens
  • 510 BCE

    Democracy in Athens

    Alcmaeonid family and Spartans free Athens from tyranny.
    Introduction of Democracy in Athens
  • 508 BCE

    Athenian code of laws

    Kleisthenes begins reforming Athenian code of laws, and establishes a democratic constitution
  • 497 BCE

    Persian Wars

    Persian Wars
  • 494 BCE

    Ionian revolt

    Ionian revolt in 499 BC and defeated by Persians in 494 BC
  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    Battle of Marathon
    Athenians defeat Darius and his Persian army
  • 483 BCE

    naval fleet and Silver mines

    Silver mines discovered near Athens.
    Athens begin building naval fleet
  • 480 BCE

    Athens and allies defeat Persia

    Xerxes marches on Greece
    Battle of Thermopylae
    Persians burn the Acropolis
    Athens and allies defeat Persian fleet at naval battle of Salamis
  • 461 BCE

    Peloponnesian Wars:

    Peloponnesian Wars:
    "First Peloponnesian War"
  • 460 BCE

    golden era

    golden era of Greece 460-429
  • 449 BCE

    Acropolis

    Acropolis and other major building projects begin in Athens
    Construction of Parthenon (449-432)
    Sophocles produces the tragedy "Ajax"
  • 446 BCE

    peace treaty

    Thirty-year peace treaty signed between Athens and Sparta in winter 446/445
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian Wars:

    Peloponnesian War (431-404) resumes
    Euripides produces "Medea" in Athens
  • 430 BCE

    plague

    Plague epidemic in Athens
  • 404 BCE

    sparta

    Athens surrenders to Sparta
    Thirty tyrants rule Athens
  • 403 BCE

    democracy

    Democracy restored in Athens
  • 338 BCE

    Macedonia

    Macedonian army defeats Athens and its allies at Chaeronea
    League of Corinth founded
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the great

    Phillip II Assassinated.
    Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia
  • 323 BCE

    death of alexander

    Death of Alexander the Great
  • 322 BCE

    aristotle

    death of Aristotle
  • 214 BCE

    Phillip V

    First Macedonian War (214-204)
    Rome defeats Philip V of Macedon
  • 172 BCE

    Third Macedonian War (172-168/7)

    Third Macedonian War (172-168/7)
    Lucius Aemelius Paulus of Rome defeats Perseus of Macedon at Pydna.
    Macedonia divided into four republics
  • 146 BCE

    Roman Invasion of Greece

    Roman Invasion of Greece
    Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
    Rome rules Greece henceforth
  • 30 BCE

    end of ancient greece

    End of "Ancient Greece" period