Ancient Greece

  • First olympic games
    776 BCE

    First olympic games

    Held in olympia a messenger went to all the city states and told them about it and when it was held.The olympic games were based on survival skills that were needed in war.The winners were given a crown of olive leaves.
  • Pericles
    494 BCE

    Pericles

    One of leading citizens for athens in the Golden age.Reelected 30 times as one of the strategoi of generals.
  • Parthenon
    432 BCE

    Parthenon

    Most important building created my pericles.The parthenon is a temple for Athena a gereek goddess.
  • Spartan goverment
    431 BCE

    Spartan goverment

    They were an oligarchy but it also contained parts of a monarchy.
  • Plato
    427 BCE

    Plato

    Plato was a student of Socrates. He fled Athens when Socrates was executed because he and the other students were not welcomed in Athens any more.Plato traveled from place to place for a number of years eventually he returned to Athens in 387 B.C then he decided to start a school called the academy.It lasted for more than 900 years until a roman emperor closed it because it did not teach christianity.
  • Spartan Warriors
    421 BCE

    Spartan Warriors

    Spartan wariors started military training at age 7 they were taught to obey or else they would get a whipping.They could mary at age 20 but had to sleep in the barracks until they were 30 years of age.
  • Socrates
    399 BCE

    Socrates

    Socrates grew up in the golden age and fought in the peloponnesian war.Most of what we know about Socrates came from his students what he focused on is how people should behave.He is mostly known for his work as a philosopher he worked on what it means to live a good moral life. He often went to the market place to talk with other athenians.
  • Aristotle
    384 BCE

    Aristotle

    Student of Plato born in Macedonia a country in Greece.His father was a doctor in the court of the king.When he came to Athens he studied at platos school for 20 years.
  • Alexander the great
    356 BCE

    Alexander the great

    Gained more land than anyone ever and collected more wealth than anyone.One of Aristotles students. His father was killed when he was 20 years old.
  • Athenian Edgucation
    450

    Athenian Edgucation

    Athenians believed that every student should play a role in the government.Made sureeverystudent got a good education and learn to be a good person in the government.