Greeks By greatgreeks@saac 323 BC Alexander the Great dies 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends 431 BC The Ploponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies Jan 1, 776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests ( Olympic Games ) Jan 1, 1100 The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed onthe Asia Minor coast. Jan 1, 1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World Jan 1, 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes ) Mar 2, 2022 BC Rome conquers Greece Mar 2, 2022 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire Mar 2, 2022 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece Mar 2, 2022 BC, The Greeks Started the construction of the Parthenon Mar 2, 2022 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at THERMOPYLAE buT they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA Mar 2, 2022 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon Mar 2, 2022 BC Democracy develops Mar 2, 2022 BC Homer writes the ILIAD Mar 2, 2022 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop Mar 2, 2022 City States Finish Delveloping Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Jul 1, 2000 Greeks