Ancient Greece

The first Olympic Games takes place.

776 BCE

The first Olympic games were found in Ancient Greece where different cities would send their representatives to different competitions. These events were mainly athletic but some did involve combat and chariot racing.

Homer composes the Odyssey.

750 BCE

Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two hugely influential poems of ancient Greece.Homer did in fact compose the works. He is one of the greatest literary artists in the world, and, through these poems, he affected western ideas.

Democracy begins in Athens.

550 BCE

The word democracy comes from the Greek language and means "rule by the people.The democracy in Athens represents the events leading up to modern day democracies. Like our modern democracy, the Athenian democracy was created as a reaction to a concentration.

Battle of Marathon - The Greeks defeat Persian invaders.

490 BCE

The Battle of Marathon is between Greeks and the forces of Persian King Darius was a victory which would go down as the moment the Greek city-states showed the world their courage and excellence and won their liberty

Battle of Salamis - The Greeks defeat Persian invaders

480 BCE

A battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city of Piraeus.they were more Persians than Greeks, and yet the Greeks won

Athens takes control of an empire

450 BCE

the location of this empire is in mainland greece, Delian League was the empire name. the athens took over and made it their own

Greek plays are performed in Athens.

440 BCE

Greek performances began in the 6th century BCE in Athens with the performance of tragedy plays at religious festivals. they did this for entertainment. a Greek would say each performance would be a beautiful act

Parthenon is finished in the Athens

432 BCE

The Parthenon was built to replace a temple that had previously stood on the site but was destroyed by Persian invaders. The main reason of the temple was a house to a large statue of the goddess Athena. Construction on the Parthenon began in 480 B.C. and took about 48 years to complete.

War between Athens and Sparta

431 BCE

Sparta had a war with the Athens. Sparta defeated The Athens in 404 BCE. The Athens and Sparta worked as allies, but later the Athens grew more powerful, and had war

Alexander the Great conquers all.

336 BCE

Alexandra the great was the king of Macedonia and was one of the strongest kings ever lived. he started his great destruction at Achaemenid Persian Empire.

Greece is conquered by Rome.

146 BCE

Greece was taken over by Rome. Rome and Greece were very similar, they worshiped the same gods, except they had different names for some of them. When Rome attacked, they left no military supplies that Greeks barley had.