Greece By 20middlemissx 2100 BCE The first Greek speaking people arrive in the area now known as Greece 776 BCE First Olympic Games is held 700 BCE The city state of Athens is formed 507 BCE Athens becomes a Democracy 490 BCE Persia attacks Greece, but is defeated at the Battle of Marathon Period: 447 BCE to 438 BCE The Parthenon is built Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Athens at war with Sparta. Sparta defeats Athens Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great (A Macedonian) rules Greece, and defeats Persia, Syria, Egypt and Afghanistan, but dies at the age of 32 323 BCE Alexander the Greats Empire is divided into separate kingdoms, ending the Great Age of Greece