Ancient Greek Timeline

  • Event 2
    323

    Event 2

    Alexander the Great dies
  • Event 5
    404

    Event 5

    Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
  • 431

    Event 6

    The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies
  • Event 7
    432

    Event 7

    The Parthenon is completed
  • Event 11
    Jan 1, 776

    Event 11

    First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
  • Event 14
    Jan 1, 1100

    Event 14

    The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on
    the Asia Minor coast.
  • Event 14
    Jan 1, 1400

    Event 14

    Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World
  • Event 16

    Event 16

    Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )
  • Event 12

    Event 12

    Homer writes the ILIAD
  • Event 1

    Event 1

    Rome conquers Greece
  • Event 3

    Event 3

    Alexander conquers the Persian Empire
  • Event 4

    Event 4

    Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece
  • Event 8

    Event 8

    Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE but they
  • Event 9

    Event 9

    First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon
  • Event 10

    Event 10

    Democracy develops
  • Event 13

    Event 13

    New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop
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    Ancient Greece