Greco-Roman Timeline By Lillian M. Taylor 850 BCE Homer was born 800 BCE Greek city-states emerged 780 BCE Homer died 753 BCE Rome was founded 701 BCE Romany Mythology was created 700 BCE Greek mythology was formed 650 BCE Sparta was founded 650 BCE Draco was born 640 BCE Solon was born 600 BCE Draco died 569 BCE Pythagoras was born 558 BCE Solon died 523 BCE Aeschylus was born 509 BCE Roman Republic created 508 BCE Athens was founded 505 BCE Doric Column was inveted 500 BCE Phidias was born 499 BCE Persian War 497 BCE Sophocles was born 496 BCE Pythagoras was born 495 BCE Ionic Column was invented 485 BCE Herodotus was born 478 BCE The Delian 477 BCE The Parthenon was built 470 BCE Socrates was born 461 BCE Hippocrates was born 460 BCE Thucydides was born 456 BCE Aeschylus died 449 BCE Golden Age of Pericles 449 BCE Persian War ended 431 BCE Peleponnesian War 431 BCE Golden Age of Pericles ended 430 BCE Phidias died 430 BCE Corinthian Column was invented 430 BCE The Peloponnesian League was created 428 BCE Plato was born 426 BCE Herodotus died 406 BCE Sophocles died 405 BCE Twelve Tables were written 404 BCE Peleponnesian War ended 404 BCE Thucydides died 399 BCE Socrates died 384 BCE Aristotle was born 382 BCE King Phillip the II of Macedon was born 371 BCE Hippocrates died 365 BCE Euclid was born 356 BCE Alexander the Great was born 347 BCE Plato died 336 BCE Alexander the Great started his empire 336 BCE King Phillip the II of Macedon died 323 BCE Alexander the Great ended his empire and died 323 BCE Hellenistic Age began 322 BCE Aristotle died 312 BCE Aqueducts were built 312 BCE Roman roads were built 288 BCE Archimedes was born 265 BCE Euclid died 264 BCE Punic wars began 212 BCE Archimedes died 146 BCE Punic wars ended 146 BCE Rome conquers Greece 100 BCE Julius Caesar was born 63 BCE Augustus Caesar was born 53 BCE the first triumvirate 44 BCE Julius Caesar died on the Ides of March 44 BCE Augustus Caesar defeated Mark Anthony 31 BCE Hellenistic Age ended 27 BCE Roman Republic ended 27 BCE The Pax Romana started 6 BCE Jesus was born 10 Paul was born 12 Roman arches were built 14 Augustus Caesar died 36 Jesus Christ Died 67 Paul died 70 The Colosseum was built 100 Ptolemy was born 126 The Pantheon was built 141 Ptolemy died 180 The Pax Romana ended 272 Constantine was born 284 The Roman empire split into two empires 313 Christianity becomes the official religion in Rome 330 The capitol of Rome was moved to Constantinople 337 Constantine died 476 The Western Roman Empire fell 483 Justinian was born 510 Justinian codified Roman law 520 The Byzantines created art 521 Justinian became the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 537 The Hagia Sophia was built 565 Justinian died 870 The Cyrillic Alphabet was invented 1054 The Great Schism 1453 End of the Byzantine Empire