Ancient Greece

Olympics

776 BCE

In the Olympics, you needed to have a skill in javelin, running, wrestling, and horseback riding. To get the news around, a messenger would be sent to all of the expected competing city-states to let them know when the Olympics would take place. The competing city-states were told to truce.

Aeschylus

525 BCE

Aeschylus wrote a play about the Persian wars, which Plato sponsored. He is known to have written 80 or so plays, but only 7 remain today.

The Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

At the Battle of Marathon, Athens was outnumbered but still attacked, and Athens won. There is a Greek legend saying that a messenger ran 26 miles to Athens saying "Rejoice, we Concord ."

Euripides

485 BCE

Euripides had written around 80-90 plays. Thought he had wroten a large amount of plays, he didnt get as manny awards for them. No matter how many awrds he got,he was popular with Athenian audiences.

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE

The Battle of Thermopylae took place at Thermopylae, which was a narrow pass. During the battle, a Athenian traitor helped the Persians a mountain pass to get past the Greeks. The Athenian navy fought against the Persian navy, with a lesser amount of me, but still won.

The Golden Age Of Athens

Period: 479 BCE to 404 BCE

The Golden Age of Athens was the 75 years of Athens greatest achievement. These achievements are in artistic and cultural achievements. During this time Pericles (one of the powerful men at that time) established colonies, he strengthened the Athenian democracy, and the Parthenon was built.

Socrates

469 BCE

Socrates was the teacher of Plato in philosophy. He was one of the first people to study ethics, which is a branch of philosophy. He asked Athenians questions, but never gave answers. Socrates wanted people to examine their life.

Aristophanes

445 BCE

Aristophanes wrote plays that joked about people like Pericles, Euripides, and like Socrates. His plays were funny to some people, but not towards people that he made fun of

Plato

428 BCE

Plato was one of the students of Socrates, who later on wrote about conversations with him. He opened up a school in 387 BC. His teachings were more traditional and he didn't believe in democracy.

Alexander The Great

356 BCE

Alexander's father was assassinated, which left him to become kind at age 20. He was a fearless fighter and wanted to conquer the Persians because they were his fathers biggest enemy.