Ancient Greek Timeline

  • 323

    Event 2

    Event 2
    Alexander the Great dies
  • 404

    Event 5

    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
  • 432

    Event 7

    Event 7
    The Parthenon is completed
  • Jan 1, 776

    Event 11

    Event 11
    First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games )
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Event 14

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

    Event 14

    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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