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1524 BCE
Agamemnon
King of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War of Homer's Illiad. -
776 BCE
First Olympic Games
Was held in Elis, Greek city state, to honor the Greek god Zeus. -
750 BCE
Homer
Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two epic poems. -
620 BCE
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
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
Tyrant, a cruel ruler who seized power unconstitutionally. The opportunity arose for men to seize power in the name of oppresed. -
518 BCE
Xerxes
The fourth Kings of the Achaemenid Empire. Son and successor of Darius. -
507 BCE
Democracy
Democracy means rule by the people. This system was created by
Athenian leader Cleisthenes. -
495 BCE
Pericles
Prominent and influential Greek statesman. General and orator of Athens during the golden age. -
492 BCE
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
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
Occurred during the Greco Persian War as King Xerxes of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. -
480 BCE
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
Greek philosopher, and the father of western philosophers. -
432 BCE
Parthenon Completed
Built by the architect Ictinus and Callicrates under the supervision of the sculpture Phidias. -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars
The war in Greece between Athens and Sparta shifted power from Athens to Sparta. -
428 BCE
Plato
Ancient Greece philosopher, Student of Socrates, founder of the Academy. -
400 BCE
Catapult
Siege machine that curls heavy objects with great force for distances made by Greek Dionysius. -
387 BCE
The Academy in Athens
Greece's national academy highest research establishment in the country. -
385 BCE
Aristotle
Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato and the founder of Lyceum. -
359 BCE
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
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
Fought in Boeotia between Macedonians led by Philip II and the Greek city state led by Thebes and Athens. -
336 BCE
League of Corinth
The confederation of Greek states created by Philip II during the winter.