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224
Colossus of Rhodes is destroyed
224 BC: Earthquake destroys the Colossus of Rhodes -
276
Eratosthenes
276 BC: Birth of Eratosthenes -
323
Alexander the Great dies
323 BC: Alexander the Great dies at Babylon -
323
The Greek Hellenistic Period
323 -31 BC: The Greek Hellenistic Period -
333
Alexandria
333 BC Alexander the Great defeats the Persians at Issus and is given Egypt by the Persian Satrap where he builds a capital at Alexandria and founds the great library -
356
Alexander the Great
356 BC: Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II, is born -
420
Temple of Athena Nike
420 - 410BC: Construction of Temple of Athena Nike -
432
The Parthenon was finished
432BC: The Parthenon in Athens was finished. This huge temple was built to house a statue of the Goddess Athena. She was put there to look over and protect the city-state. -
500
Greek Classical Period
500-323 BC - The Greek Classical Period -
May 4, 600
First Greek coin
600 BC: Greek Coin currency introduced -
May 4, 621
Draco's law is introduced
621 BC: Draco's code of law is introduced -
May 4, 750
First Greek colonies in Southern Italy and Sicily
750 BC: Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily -
May 4, 750
Homer starts writing
750 -700 BC: Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey -
May 4, 776
First Olympic Games
776 BC: First Olympic Games -
The Greeks triumph against the Persian invaders for the 2nd time
490 BC: The Greeks defeated the Persian invaders. At the battle of Marathon. -
The Greeks triumph against the Persian invaders
480BC: The Greeks beat the Persians at the battle of Salamis. -
Democracy
508 BC: 'democracy' began in Athens. -
Sophocles starts writing
468 BC: Sophocles writes his first tragedy -
Aristotle is born
384 BC: Aristotle is born -
Philip II
359 BC: Philip II becomes the king of the Greeks -
Socrates is executed
399 BC: Socrates is executed for his opposition to the Thirty Tyrants -
Archimedes
287 BC: Birth of Archimedes -
Death of Theophrastus
288 BC: Death of Theophrastus
