Ancient Greece By Max

Battle Of Corinth

146

The Battle Of Corinth a horrific battle between the Roman Republic and the Greek state of Corinth and their allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC. It resulted in total destruction to the state of Corinth which was previously know for it's fabulous wealth.

Alexander The Great

323

Alexander Died.

Alexander Crosses The Indus

326

Alexander the Great crosses the Indus near Attock and enters Taxila, whose ruler, Taxiles, furnishes 130 war elephants and troops in return for aid against his rival Porus, who rules the lands between the Hydaspes and the Acesines.

Siege of Tyre

332

The Siege of Tyre was a terrible siege in the Greek city of Tyre. It was orchestrated by Alexander the Great in 332 BC during his campaigns against the Persians. The Macedonian army was unable to capture the city through conventional means because it was on an island and had walls right up to the sea.

Alexander Great Becomes King Of Macedonia

336

Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II of Macedon, to the throne in 336 BC after Philip was assassinated. Upon Philip's death, Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army.

Peace of Antalcidas

377

The Peace of Antalcidas is a cause guaranteeing the greek cities independence.

Pericles Leads HIs Army Into War

447

Pericles leads Athenian forces in the expulsion of barbarians from the Thracian peninsula of Gallipoli, in order to establish Athenian colonists in the region.

Golden Era

460

Perikles leads Athens through it's golden era.

Heraclitus The Philospher

500

Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom.

The First Olympics

Jan 3, 776

The Ancient Olympics were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece. They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological origin.

Greek Dark Ages

Jan 8, 1100

The Greek Dark Ages are terms which have regularly been used to refer to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean Palatial civilization around 1200 BC, to the first signs of the Greek city-states in the 9th century BC.

Trojan War

Jan 7, 1194

The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta.

The Death Of Pericles

Mar 2, 2022

Pericles was the leader of Athens. He sadly past away.