BC Greek Dates

By Mr Venville
  • 146

    Roman Empire

    The Greek city-states become part of the Roman Empire.
  • Period: 146 to

    Ancient Greece Religious Events

  • 427

    Plato

    Birth of Plato, Socrates' most distinguished student.
  • 461

    Pericles

    Pericles enters public life, rules until 429 BCE. The democracy is perfected and the court system is completed.
  • 500

    Peloponnese

    Sparta dominated the Peloponnese region of southern Greece
  • 534

    Thespis

    According to tradition, Thespis becomes the first actor by reciting poetry as the characters in the poem.
  • 547

    Pisistratus

    Pisistratus is ruler of Athens. He establishes festivals, builds temples and fountains, and encourages the growth of olives for export.
  • Jul 30, 612

    Sappho

    Birth of Sappho, the famous female lyric poet from the isle of Lesbos.
  • Jul 30, 650

    Lycurgus

    Sparta was reorganized by Lycurgus, who made the aristocratic city into an oligarchy based on warfare.
  • Jul 30, 700

    Homer

    Homer's epic poems first set down in writing
  • Jul 30, 700

    Hesiod

    Hesiod composes his Theogony, Works and Days, and other poems
  • Jul 30, 776

    First Olympic Games

    First Olympic games (according to tradition)
  • Jul 30, 1000

    Sparta

    Founding of Sparta.
  • Jul 30, 1100

    Dorian

    Myceneans conquered by Dorian invaders
  • Jul 30, 1100

    Dark Ages

    The "Dark Ages," characterized by decline in architecture, writing, and other forms of material culture in Greece.
  • Jul 30, 1200

    Oracle

    Oracle at Delphi founded
  • Jul 30, 1250

    Troy

    Myceneans may have warred with Troy and triumphed (as retold in the Homeric epics).
  • Jul 30, 1400

    Conquer Knossos

    The Myceneans conquer Knossos and begin to replace the more peaceful Minoan civilization with their own military-centered culture.

  • Mycenae

    Rule of the Myceneans, based in the city of Mycenae

  • Crete

    Minoan civilization reaches its height on Crete, with its capital at Knossos.

  • Socrates

    Socrates condemned to death for impiety and corrupting the youth.

  • Greek City States

    Emergence of Greek city-states, including Athens, Thebes and Megara.

  • AP

    "Archaic Period"

  • Solon

    Solon became Athens' chief magistrate. He established the Council of 400 and made other legal reforms designed to give the citizens more voice.

  • Thales

    Thales, founder of school of philosophy in Miletus, is the first to present a rational explanation of the cosmos (namely, that all things are made of moisture).

  • Cyrus

    Persian Empire founded by the Cyrus the Great

  • Ancient Greece Civilisation

    Mycenean civilization emerges