Ancient Greece

By Kje1639
  • Agamemnon
    1524 BCE

    Agamemnon

    King of the Mycenaeans and leader of the Greek army during the Trojan war of the Iliad
  • First Olympic Games
    776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

    Held in Olympia. One foot race event.
  • Homer
    750 BCE

    Homer

    Presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyessy
  • Draco’s Code of Law
    620 BCE

    Draco’s Code of Law

    A code of law written to counter the unjust interpretation of law by aristocrats
  • Rise of the Tyrants
    546 BCE

    Rise of the Tyrants

    Rulers in Ancient Greece who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such power
  • Democracy
    507 BCE

    Democracy

    The birth of democracy at Athens
  • Period: 492 BCE to 490

    First Persian War

    First Persian Invasion of Greece, Greece won.
  • Battle of Marathon
    490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    Took place during the first Persian war, fought between citizens of Athens and the Persians.
  • Xerxes
    486 BCE

    Xerxes

    4th Persian King
  • Second Persian War
    480 BCE

    Second Persian War

    Second Persian invasion of Greece, Greece won.
  • Socrates
    470 BCE

    Socrates

    A Greek philosopher who is credited for being one of the founders of western philosophy.
  • Parthenon completed
    432 BCE

    Parthenon completed

    Parthenon the was under construction in Athens is completed
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Pelopenisan War

    War between the Greek Delian League and the Pelopenisan League led by Sparta. The Greeks won.
  • Pericles
    429 BCE

    Pericles

    General and Orator during Athen’s golden age. Built the Pantheon.
  • Plato
    428 BCE

    Plato

    Philosopher during the Greek classical period
  • Catapult
    400 BCE

    Catapult

    Ancient machine that can hurl heavy rocks long distances
  • The Academy in Athens
    387 BCE

    The Academy in Athens

    Academy in Athens created by Plato
  • Aristotle
    385 BCE

    Aristotle

    A philosopher taught by plato. Founder of Lyceum.
  • Philip II
    359 BCE

    Philip II

    King of Macedon
  • Battle of Chaeronea
    358 BCE

    Battle of Chaeronea

    Battle between the Macedonians and the Greek states Athens and Thebes
  • Alexander the Great
    356 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander III was king of Macedonia and conquered Athens
  • League of Corinth
    338 BCE

    League of Corinth

    A confederation of Greek city states.
  • Battle of Thermopylae
    480

    Battle of Thermopylae

    Fought during the Second Persian War between the Greek alliance of city states and the Persian Forces.
  • Darius I
    522

    Darius I

    Third Persian king