Ancient Greek

The first Olympic games takes place

776 BCE

The first modern olympic games were held in Athens,Greece,in 1896.it took 1503 for the Olympics to return

Homer composes the Odyssey

750 BCE

Homer created two poems one of them is called The lliad and now he has a second poem called the Odyssey

Democracy begins in Athens

550 BCE

Athens is described as one of the first democracy's in the world and is one of Ancient Greeks democracy.

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

the Persian sailed down the coast of Greece and landed at the bay of Marathon. The Greeks attacked on the 5th day

Battle of Salamis

480 BCE

Greek fleet defeated a much larger army at Salamis
The Greeks sank 300 vessels and only lost 40 vessels themselves.

Athens take control of an empire

450 BCE

The cities and that followed Athens formed an empire under Athens' leadership.

Greeks plays are performed in Athens

440 BCE

In Greece Theatre became famous and Drama had three different types or genres: comedy, tragedy and satyr plays.

Parthenon is finished in Athens

432 BCE

Parthenon served a purpose as the city treasury. it served as the treasury of the Delian League, which later became the Athenian Empire.

War between Athens and Sparta

404 BCE

Athens was forced to surrender and Sparta won the Peloponnesian war.

Alexander the Great conquers all

336 BCE

Alexander invaded Persia. He defeated the Persian armies at Tigris River and now own the Legendary City of Babylon

Greek is conquered by Rome

146 BCE

In 146BCE Rome defeated Greece and since then Rome conquered over Greece