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Ancient Greece - The Archaic Period

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  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic

    First Olympic
    A festival and celebration of Zeus. Between city-states.
  • 757 BCE

    First Messenian War

    First Messenian War
  • 754 BCE

    Polydorus becomes king of Sparta

    Polydorus becomes king of Sparta
  • 738 BCE

    End of the First Messanian War

    End of the First Messanian War
  • 735 BCE

    Perdiccas I of Macedon

    Perdiccas I of Macedon
    Flees from Argos to Macedonia and conquers the land.
  • 734 BCE

    Polydorus sends colonists to Italy

    Polydorus sends colonists to Italy
  • 725 BCE

    Lelantine War

    Lelantine War
  • 719 BCE

    Polydorus Murder

    Polydorus Murder
  • 690 BCE

    Pheidon becomes tyrant of Argos

    Pheidon becomes tyrant of Argos
  • 685 BCE

    The Second Messanian War

    The Second Messanian War
  • 665 BCE

    Second Messanian War ends

  • 656 BCE

    Cypselus subjects Corinth to tyranny

  • 645 BCE

    Spartan wars with Tegea all unsuccessful

  • 642 BCE

    Battus establishes a Greek colony in Cyrene in Libya

  • 632 BCE

    Cylon sezies Acropolis

  • 621 BCE

    Draco issues code of laws, with many crimes punishable by death

  • 594 BCE

    Solon becomes Archon

  • 590 BCE

    Sappho flourishes on island of Lesbos

  • 569 BCE

    Pythagoras is born

  • 565 BCE

    Peisistratos organizes Diakrioi, party of poor people

  • 525 BCE

    Persian Cambyses II takes Egypt

  • 515 BCE

    Hippias becomes sole ruler

  • 507 BCE

    Cleisthenes takes power, increases democracy

  • 490 BCE

    Themisotcles and Militades defeat Darius at Marathon.