Greko-Roman Timeline By muzahaley 1453 BCE byzantine fell to the ottoman empire 653 BCE rise of persian empire 451 BCE 12 Tables made Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Peloponnesian war 395 BCE Rome splits into two empires 339 BCE King Phillip II took over Macedon Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE Hellenistic Era Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Punic Wars 225 BCE Hannibal invaded Italy 73 BCE Spartacus the gladiator leads the slaves in an uprising 330 Constantinople is officially named and becomes the capital of the eastern Roman Empire Feb 3, 1830 Greece was founded