Ancient Greece timeline

  • 323

    323 BC Alexander the Great dies

    323 BC Alexander the Great dies
    323 BC Alexander the Great dies
  • 404

    404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends

    404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
    404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
  • 431

    431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies

    431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies
  • 432

    432 BC The Parthenon is completed

    432 BC The Parthenon is completed
  • Jul 18, 776

    776 BC - Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )

    776 BC  -  Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
    776 BC - Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
  • Jul 18, 1100

    in 1100 BC The Dorians defeated the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.

    in 1100 BC The Dorians defeated the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.
    in 1100 BC The Dorians defeated the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor coast.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    1400 B.C - Mycenaean’s was control of the Aegean World

    1400 B.C -  Mycenaean’s was control of the Aegean World
    in 1400 BC Mycenaean’s was control of the Aegean World
  • in 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )

    in 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )
    in 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )
  • 899‐800 BC New form of writing developed – the alphabet was introduced & City States develop

    899‐800 BC New form of writing developed – the alphabet was introduced & City States develop
    899‐800 BC New form of writing developed – the alphabet was introduced & City States develop
  • 800 BC - Homer writes the ILIAD

    800 BC - Homer writes the ILIAD
    800 BC - Homer writes the ILIAD
  • 509 BC Democracy develops

    509 BC   Democracy develops
    509 BC Democracy develops
  • 490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

    490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon
  • 480 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA

  • 338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

    338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece
    338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece
  • 187 BC Rome conquers Greece

    187 BC Rome conquers Greece
    187 BC Rome conquers Greece
  • 329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

    329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire
    329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire
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