Greece

Significant events in Ancient Greece

By htomkins
  • 323 BC Alexander the Great dies
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    323 BC Alexander the Great dies

    Alexander the Great dies in 323 BC
  • 404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
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    404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends

    404 BC Sparta defeats Athens and the Peloponnesian War ends
  • 431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins
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    431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins

    431 BC The Peloponnesian War begins – Sparta and her allies vs Athens and her allies
  • 432 BC The Parthenon is completed
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    432 BC The Parthenon is completed

    432 BC The Parthenon is completed
  • 776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests
    Jan 1, 776

    776 BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests

    (The Olympic Games)
  • Jan 1, 1100

    1100 BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s

    1100 BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean’s . First Greek settlement formed on
    the Asia Minor coast.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World

    1400 BC Mycenaean’s in control of the Aegean World

  • 2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )

    2000 BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive ( first known Greek‐speaking tribes )
  • 187 BC Rome conquers Greece

    187 BC Rome conquers Greece

    Rome conquers Greece in 187 BC
  • 329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

    329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire

    329 BC Alexander conquers the Persian Empire
  • 338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

    338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

    338 BC Philip II of Macedon conquers all of Greece

  • 480 BC Second Persian Invasion – Greeks defeated at Thermopylae.

    But they are triumphant at SALAMIS and PLATAEA.
  • 490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

    490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

    490 BC First Persian Invasion and the Battle of Marathon

  • 509 BC Democracy is developed in Ancient Greece

    509 BC Democracy is developed in Ancient Greece
  • 800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD

    800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD

    800 BC Homer writes the ILIAD. (Its a poem)

  • 899‐800 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop

    899‐800 BC New form of writing – the alphabet introduced & City States develop
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    Significant events in Ancient Greece from 2000 BC to 187 BC