Ancient Greece

By ABillecke@allsaintscs.com
  • 776 BCE

    Footrace

    Footrace
    A footrace was added to the Olympic Games. In the footrace, runners ran around the 200 yard stadium.
  • 479 BCE

    Plataea

    Plataea
    Pausanias, the spartan general, led the Greeks to battle the Persians in the battle of Plataea. They won and drove the Persians out of Greece.
  • Period: 479 BCE to 404 BCE

    Golden Age

    The period in time when Athens made the greatest artistic and cultural achievements in the world. Pericles was a leading citizen during this period.
  • Period: 469 BCE to 399 BCE

    Socrates

    Socrates grew up during the Golden Age and fought in the Pelopennesian War. He never wrote anything, but his student Plato did. He was put to death by being forced to drink hemlock.
  • 449 BCE

    Acropolis

    Acropolis
    Pericles had Athens rebuild temples and public buildings in the Acropolis. The Acropolis was destroyed in the Persian Wars. Pericles took money from the Delian League to pay for the project.
  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian War Begins

    Peloponnesian War Begins
    Pericles was the leader of Athens when the war began. Pericles tried to avoid a land battle with the Spartans. He had Athens hide behind their walls so the Spartans could not get in, while the Athenians' navy brought in supplies. The Spartans burnt all the crops down.
  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Aristotle's father was a doctor in the court of King Amyntas III. Aristotle was a careful observer.He wrote about ethics. Aristotle thought that too much of anything is bad.
  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great
    Alexander's father is assassinated and he becomes king. Alexander is very strong and intelligent.He helped his father conquer Greece as a young man. Alexander conquers Asia Minor. He takes over many towns. He dies of a fever before he can build all the projects he planned.
  • Period: 323 BCE to 146 BCE

    Hellenistic Period

    When Alexander the Great died, he left no successor except, "the strongest".Greek divided into 5 different generals who fought each other to find out who was the strongest.
  • 393

    Games no more

    Games no more
    The Roman emperor Theodosius I canceled he games. The games were in honor of Zeus, and he was Christian. Doing that he ended thousands of years of competition.