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776 BCE
The First Olympic Games
The games were originally a celebration of Zeus -
620 BCE
Draco's Code of Law
Law written by the Draconian constitution -
550 BCE
Darius 1
He was the 3rd king of Persia -
546 BCE
Rise of the Tyrants
A person who is not elected but runs a whole city-state alone -
519 BCE
Xerxes
Persian King and son of Darius 1 -
507 BCE
Democracy
This occured in the Greek city-state of Athens -
495 BCE
Pericles
He was a influential Greek statesman and general of Athens -
492 BCE
First Persian War
The Athenians had the victory -
490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
This battle happened during the First Persian War -
480 BCE
Second Persian War
The King of Persia wanted to conquer all of Greece -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
This battle happened during the Second Persian War it was between the Greek city-states and Achaemenid Empire -
469 BCE
Socrates
Socrates was a Greek philosopher -
458 BCE
Agamemnon
He was the king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in The Trojan War -
432 BCE
Parthenon completed
This was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian Wars
Athens dominated the sea while Sparta dominated the land. Athens invaded Sicily and lost. Sparta took the chance to fight Athens and won by starving them out. -
428 BCE
Plato
He was an Athenian Philosopher -
400 BCE
Homer
Homer was a poet who wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey. -
400 BCE
Catapult
The catapult was built to shoot weapons long distances -
387 BCE
The Academy in Athens
This place was a research academy founded by Plato -
385 BCE
Aristotle
He was a philosopher taught by Plato -
359 BCE
Phillip 2
Phillip 2 was the 18th king of Macedonia -
356 BCE
Alexander the Great
He was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom Macedon -
338 BCE
Battle of Chaeronea
This war is a Macedonian victory -
338 BCE
League of Corinth
This was a confederation of Greek states created by Phillip 2