Ancient Greece

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  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    The Battle of Marathon is the first major battle in the Persian Wars, a battle between the Persian Empire and Greece, in 490 BCE. This battle happened because the Persian Empire wanted revenge on the Athenians for helping one of their colonies rebel against Persian Rule. This battle, which the Greeks won, started the Persian Wars, and a marathon is named after it.
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Salamis

    The Battle of Salamis is the third major battle in the Persian Wars, and it was a sea battle between the Persians and Greeks. In 480 BCE, the Greeks sunk 1⁄3 of Persian fleets, thereby winning the battle and the Persian Wars. It was the battle that led the Greeks to victory and the Golden Age.
  • Period: 479 BCE to 431 BCE

    Golden Age of Athens

    Athens became very wealthy as leader of the Delian League, and their success led to the Golden Age, which occurred from 479 BCE - 431 BCE. The Golden Age led to great economic development and thriving of art and culture. Without the Golden Age of Athens, art and culture wouldn’t have been recognized and celebrated.
  • 478 BCE

    Delian League is created

    After the Persian Wars, Greece is liberated from the threat of the Persian Empire. The polis of Greece unite and form an alliance known as the Delian League, in 478 BCE. This league made Athens very wealthy and powerful, and protected Greece from other invasions. This league also caused the Peloponnesian wars, as Athens was becoming too powerful as the leader.
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponessian War

    The Peloponnesian War, a war between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League, took place in Greece, from 431 BCE-404 BCE. Athens, leader of the Delian League, was growing too powerful, so Sparta created the Peloponnesian League to counter it. The Peloponnesian War weakened both Athens and Sparta, making them vulnerable to Macedonia, and therefor conquered by Philip the II.
  • 430 BCE

    Plague of Athens

    In the second year of the Peloponnesian War, a plague hit Athens, killing off ⅓ of Athenians. This plague weakened the Athenians so much that the Spartans, and the Peloponnesian League, won the Peloponnesian War, making them the new leaders of Greece. Without the plague, Sparta and Athens would have continued to fight, and the war would have lasted much longer, making the end result different.
  • 339 BCE

    Phillip the II conquers Greece

    Although Sparta won the Peloponnesian war, they were also weakened by it, along with the rest of Greece. In 339 BCE, Philip the II of Macedonia easily conquered Greece, but died a few years later, making Alexander the Great the new king. The conquering of Greece led to many more invasions by Alexander the Great, and he eventually conquered Anatolia, Egypt, Persia and India. This led to the Hellenistic Era, which inspired many new artforms.
  • Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE

    Hellenistic Era

    Alexander the Great’s empire combined the culture and knowledge of the four conquered empires, Greece, Persia, Egypt, and India, created a new culture, Hellenism. The first research library was built in Alexandria, a city of knowledge where many mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers studied, and many museums were built in this era. Hellenistic culture influenced today’s culture in many ways, such as realistic art.