-
3400 BCE
earliest fortifications
Evidence of earliest fortifications at Dimini, Greece -
3000 BCE
houses of greece
Houses of Vasiliki and Myrtos
Messara Tholoi
House of Tiles at Lerna -
2000 BCE
Minoan settlements
Destruction of Minoan settlements -
1700 BCE
Minoan palaces
Destruction of Minoan palaces
Settlement of Akrotiri, Thera
Grave Circle B at Mycenae -
1627 BCE
Thera volcano
Eruption of Thera volcano -
1600 BCE
legends of Greece
Grave Circle A at Mycenae
Legends: Argo Voyage, Heracles, Oedipus -
1550 BCE
Tholos
Tholos Tomb at Mycenae -
1450 BCE
writing
Linear B writing -
1400 BCE
Mycenaean Palaces
Evidence of expanded Mycenaean trade at Levand. -
1370 BCE
palace of knossos
Palace of Knossos destruction -
1300 BCE
Sea Peoples
"Sea Peoples" begin raids in the Eastern Mediterranean -
1250 BCE
Trojan war
the war between Greece and troy -
1200 BCE
Doric Invasions
Destruction of many Mycenaean palaces as a result of the
Doric Invasions. -
1100 BCE
Miletus
Destruction of Miletus and resettlement -
1000 BCE
End of Mycenaean civilization
End of Mycenaean civilization
Lefkandi: Toumba building -
776 BCE
First Olympic Games
First Olympic Games -
750 BCE
italy, alphabet and poems
Greek colonies established in Southern Italy & Sicily,
Invention of Greek alphabet and the
Homeric poems recorded in writing -
730 BCE
First Messenian War
First Messenian War
Sparta invades Messenia
(730-710)
Naxos founded (734)
Syracuse founded (733) -
650 BCE
Poets
Earliest Lyric Poets -
640 BCE
Second Messenian War
Second Messenian War
Sparta invades Messenia (640-630)
Cyrene founded (630) -
594 BCE
democracy
Solon replaces the Draconian law in Athens and lays the foundation for Democracy.
He introduced to Athens the first coinage and a system of weights and measures -
569 BCE
Pythagoras is born
Pythagoras (ca. 569-475) born in Samos -
546 BCE
Pisistratos
Pisistratos becomes tyrant of Athens -
510 BCE
Democracy in Athens
Alcmaeonid family and Spartans free Athens from tyranny.
Introduction of Democracy in Athens -
508 BCE
Athenian code of laws
Kleisthenes begins reforming Athenian code of laws, and establishes a democratic constitution -
497 BCE
Persian Wars
Persian Wars -
494 BCE
Ionian revolt
Ionian revolt in 499 BC and defeated by Persians in 494 BC -
490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
Athenians defeat Darius and his Persian army -
483 BCE
naval fleet and Silver mines
Silver mines discovered near Athens.
Athens begin building naval fleet -
480 BCE
Athens and allies defeat Persia
Xerxes marches on Greece
Battle of Thermopylae
Persians burn the Acropolis
Athens and allies defeat Persian fleet at naval battle of Salamis -
461 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars:
Peloponnesian Wars:
"First Peloponnesian War" -
460 BCE
golden era
golden era of Greece 460-429 -
449 BCE
Acropolis
Acropolis and other major building projects begin in Athens
Construction of Parthenon (449-432)
Sophocles produces the tragedy "Ajax" -
446 BCE
peace treaty
Thirty-year peace treaty signed between Athens and Sparta in winter 446/445 -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars:
Peloponnesian War (431-404) resumes
Euripides produces "Medea" in Athens -
430 BCE
plague
Plague epidemic in Athens -
404 BCE
sparta
Athens surrenders to Sparta
Thirty tyrants rule Athens -
403 BCE
democracy
Democracy restored in Athens -
338 BCE
Macedonia
Macedonian army defeats Athens and its allies at Chaeronea
League of Corinth founded -
336 BCE
Alexander the great
Phillip II Assassinated.
Alexander the Great becomes king of Macedonia -
323 BCE
death of alexander
Death of Alexander the Great -
322 BCE
aristotle
death of Aristotle -
214 BCE
Phillip V
First Macedonian War (214-204)
Rome defeats Philip V of Macedon -
172 BCE
Third Macedonian War (172-168/7)
Third Macedonian War (172-168/7)
Lucius Aemelius Paulus of Rome defeats Perseus of Macedon at Pydna.
Macedonia divided into four republics -
146 BCE
Roman Invasion of Greece
Roman Invasion of Greece
Mummius Achaicus sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league.
Rome rules Greece henceforth -
30 BCE
end of ancient greece
End of "Ancient Greece" period