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Women weren't allowed at the Olympic games, also the men would often compete naked. They were held in Olympia.
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Sparta and Messenia fought, the continued rivalry between the Achaeans and Dorians. The Spartans won leading to the left over Messenians becoming Helots
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10th Agiad dynasty king of Sparta. He is believed to have implemented the "Great Rhetra" which meant the king and the Gerousia {a group of 28 men who were over 60 years old} could veto decisions made by the Spartan public [Apella]
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Perdiccas flees Argos and conquers Macedonian land
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Polydorus attempts to colonize Italy by sending colonists over. Evidently it was unsuccessful
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Chalcis and Eretria both fought over the fertile land in the Lelantine plain in Euboea. The conflict became a war as fertile land was hard to come by, meaning many poleis became involved.
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Polymarchus murders Polydorus. (probably becasue they had such similar names) His wife Nycteus acted as regent as their son Labdacus was too young to rule.
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Pheidon seized control from the aristocracy before him. His reign was vigorous and the energetic ruler increased the power in Argos. During his reign various other city states adopted tyrant rulers.
FUN FACT : he once asked Corinth to send 1000 young boys to help them in war, instead he planned to kill the. Corinth found out because of Habron (who subsequently fled to Corinth) -
Sparta and Messenia reignited the 40 year old dispute.
Theories of the reason (a slave uprising/rebellion or Spartan battle of Hysiae)
Spartans eventually won again, returning the Messenians to helot status or they became refugees in Italy -
The two decade war was won eventually by Sparta after the Messenians found refuge in Eira and stayed there for around 10 years, before Sparta let the women and children and a guy called Aristomenes go.
Aristomenes was a Messenian who fought so well in the initial battle (the Battle of Deres) that he became king !! -
Thanks to the example set by Pheidon, Cypselus becomes a tyrant after usurping the throne (he also exiled the former royal house, of which his mother was a member...)
There were two prophecies from the Delphi oracle about Cypselus
- he would overthrow the royal house > they tried to kill him but he smiled at any man send to kill him so no one killed him
- his mum hid him in a chest to hide him from killers, which accounts for his name -
The Chalcis win! They annex off the plain for themselves
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There were many unsuccessful wars over the period. An oracle predicted that Sparta would win, hence they began war.
They never officially won, and they didn't annex their land as they usually did, instead, Tegea turned into an Oligopoly like Sparta wanted. The two became allies also, supplying Sparta with soldiers and equipment for war in order for Tegea to remain an independent state. -
Cylon, a noble and Olympic winner attempts to stage a coup against his father but fails, he seeks refuge in Athena's temple on the Acropolis. He eventually died (most likely was intercepted and taken back to stand trial and was found guilty)
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He sends ships over to colonize
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The first democratic lawgiver. He was harsh but the citizens wanted him. The prevailing system of oral law and blood feud was flawed. He wrote a new set of laws which could only be enforced by a court. This was the first law to distinguish between involuntary homicide and murder.
Dealth penalty was very prevalent (for stealing a cabbage)
The homicide law ruled that the victims family were supposed to prosecute the killer, most of the time they were lead to exile -
This is a fancy way of saying he became ruler of Athens. His rule is said to have laid the groundworks for Athenian democracy due to his reforms of the laws ad policies made by Draco.
After introducing his reforms he went away for 10 years so that no one could get angry at him for them. He went to Egypt and Cyprus -
Sappho was a lyrical poet from Lesbos, her work flourished though only the "Ode to Aprodite" was found untarnished
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The maths genius is born, he is credited with the pythogras' theorem as well as the idea that Earth was a Sphere.
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He ruled Athens, greatly reducing the power of the aristocracy. He was ousted 3 two times. he returned the first time on a golden chariot with a woman who appeared to be athena, gaining back power. The second time he gained support from cities the silver mines.
He is well known because of the Peisistratids (the term for the three tyrants who ruled Athens, Peisistratos and his two sons) -
Camyses II takes control of Egypt.
• Phanes, a Greek general in the Egyptian army, gave him info about the military presence in Egypt
Had to end rebellion of Egyptians with the help of the Greeks -
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The sons of Peisistratus who shared rule, until Hippias gained sole control after the murder of his brother. He became a tyrant, became very cruel. Sparta and Athens worked together to force Hippias to leave
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Greek reformer takes control and increases the democratic power. He is credited with reforming the government into an increasingly democratic system.
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The first Persian invasion of Greece. King Darius tried to subjugate Greece, but Miltiades and Themistocles defeated the bigger Persian cavalry and fleet. The Athenians were aided by Plataea in the battle.
Greece won in the end, after Philippides, the fastest Athenian runner ran to Sparta to ask for backup, the Spartans said they couldn't join until the full moon (meaning ten more days), accounting for the aid of Plataea, accounting for large gratitude for Plataea from Athens -
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Sparta Vs Athens
