Ancient Greece

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  • 1524 BCE

    Agamemnon

    Agamemnon
    King of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War of Homer's Illiad.
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

    First Olympic Games
    Was held in Elis, Greek city state, to honor the Greek god Zeus.
  • 750 BCE

    Homer

    Homer
    Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems.
  • 620 BCE

    Draco's Code of Law

    Draco's Code of Law
    Written law code created by Draco in response to the unjust interpretation and modification of oral law by Athenian.
  • 550 BCE

    Darius I

    Darius I
    King of Persia and one of the greatest rulers of the Achaemenid dynasty, who noted for his administrative genius and his great building projects.
  • 546 BCE

    Rise of Tyrants

    Rise of Tyrants
    Tyrant, a cruel ruler who seized power unconstitutionally. The opportunity arose for men to seize power in the name of oppresed.
  • 518 BCE

    Xerxes

    Xerxes
    The fourth Kings of the Achaemenid Empire. Son and successor of Darius.
  • 507 BCE

    Democracy

    Democracy
    Democracy means rule by the people. This system was created by
    Athenian leader Cleisthenes.
  • 495 BCE

    Pericles

    Pericles
    Prominent and influential Greek statesman. General and orator of Athens during the golden age.
  • 492 BCE

    First Persian War

    First Persian War
    The First Persian invasion of Greece, during the Persian War., Ended with a decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon.
  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    Battle of Marathon
    During the first Persian invasion of Greece fought between the citizen of Athens, aided by Platea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes.
  • 482 BCE

    Second Persian War

    Second Persian War
    Occurred during the Greco Persian War as King Xerxes of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece.
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Thermopylae

    Battle of Thermopylae
    Fought between an alliance of Greek city-state, led by King Leonidas I of Sparta, and the Achaemenid Empire of Xerxes.
  • 470 BCE

    Socrates

    Socrates
    Greek philosopher, and the father of western philosophers.
  • 432 BCE

    Parthenon Completed

    Parthenon Completed
    Built by the architect Ictinus and Callicrates under the supervision of the sculpture Phidias.
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian Wars

    Peloponnesian Wars
    The war in Greece between Athens and Sparta shifted power from Athens to Sparta.
  • 428 BCE

    Plato

    Plato
    Ancient Greece philosopher, Student of Socrates, founder of the Academy.
  • 400 BCE

    Catapult

    Catapult
    Siege machine that curls heavy objects with great force for distances made by Greek Dionysius.
  • 387 BCE

    The Academy in Athens

    The Academy in Athens
    Greece's national academy highest research establishment in the country.
  • 385 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato and the founder of Lyceum.
  • 359 BCE

    Philip II

    Philip II
    18th King of Macedonia restored internal peace to his own country and dominated over Greece with Military and Diplomatic.
  • 356 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great
    King of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty. Established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen.
  • 338 BCE

    Battle of Chaeronea

    Battle of Chaeronea
    Fought in Boeotia between Macedonians led by Philip II and the Greek city state led by Thebes and Athens.
  • 336 BCE

    League of Corinth

    League of Corinth
    The confederation of Greek states created by Philip II during the winter.