Ancient Greece

By BMichalak@allsaintscs
  • 776 BCE

    olympic games

    the first games are javalin, running, wrestling, archery, and horse riding
  • 525 BCE

    Aeschylus

    is a play wrote about the persian wars in 474 b.c that was sponsored by pericles.
  • 500 BCE

    ancient greece city-states

    their is now about 22 greek city-states
  • 500 BCE

    Athens

    Athens has a democracy was firmly established
  • 496 BCE

    sophocles

    played a leading role in plays about the victory of the persians
  • 490 BCE

    marathon

    marathon
    The Athenians and Persians would battle. The athenians were out numbered but the athenians still charged. a success happened for athenians and the Persians ran.
  • 485 BCE

    euripides

    produced 80-90 plays but very popular with athenian audiences
  • 480 BCE

    thermopile

    thermopile
    the Persians were not done with the athenians. and they attacked but they forgot spartans were defending the path but they died
  • 479 BCE

    salamis

    salamis
    the battle was at sea the Persians attacked but the athenians lured the Persians to shallow water. and started to ram the boats
  • 100 BCE

    The Alexandria

    The Alexandria
    located in Egypt. A giant library with about 700,000 scrolls