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3000 BCE
Founding of Athens
Athens was founded by King Theseus -
Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Mycenaean Age
Bronze age for Ancient Greece -
1250 BCE
Trojan War
The Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta -
Period: 1100 BCE to 1000 BCE
Dorian Invasion
The replacement of pre-classical dialects in Greece by the ones that lead in Classical Greece -
776 BCE
First Olympic Games
The first Olympic games held in Ancient Greece -
Period: 500 BCE to 401 BCE
Emergence of Democracy
Democracy emerged around this time because of political pressure -
490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
During the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. -
480 BCE
Battle of Salamis
Naval battle fought between the City of Greece and The Persian Empire -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece -
478 BCE
Delian League formed
It was an association of Greek city-states, under the leadership of Athens -
464 BCE
Helot Revolt
Pressure to reform the Judicial system in Sparta -
450 BCE
Building of the Parthenon and Acropolis
The Acropolis rock and the Parthenon which was used as a temple for Athena was made -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
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429 BCE
Outbreak of the plague and death of Pericles
Pericles died and the plauge of Athens has an outbreak -
399 BCE
Socrates executed
The philosopher Socrates stood before a jury of 500 of his fellow Athenians accused of "refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state" -
326 BCE
Alexander the Great invades India
Alexander the Great decides to invade India to conquer it -
146 BCE
Romans invade Greece
The Romans invade Greece