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1750 BCE
Agamemnon
The king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War of Homer’s Iliad. He was a great warrior but selfish ruler. -
800 BCE
Homer
The mysterious Greek poet, Homer, was famous for The Iliad and The Odyssey which had a big effect on western culture. -
776 BCE
First Olympic Games
The first olympic games were held in Athens, Greece. -
650 BCE
Rise of the Tyrants
The opportunity created by Greek tyrannos for ambitious men to seize power in the name of the oppressed. -
620 BCE
Draco’s Code of Law
The Draco’s Code of Law was a written law code created by Draco near the end of the seventh century in response to the unjust modification of oral law by Athenian aristocrats. -
550 BCE
Darius I
The third Persian king of the Achaemenid Empire. He led the military campaigns in Greece and even in the Indus Valley , conquering lands and expanding his empire. -
518 BCE
Xerxes
The fourth king of Achaemenid Empire, he was the son and successor of Darius the Great. -
495 BCE
Pericles
Athenian statesman largely responsible for the full development in the later 5th century of both the Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire, making Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece, he died in 429 BCE. -
492 BCE
First Persian War
The first Persian invasion of Greece during the Persian wars, began in 492 BC and ended with the decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. -
490 BCE
Battle of Marathon
Took place during 490 BC 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. -
482 BCE
Second Persian War
The second Persian invasion of Greece occurred when the King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
Fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led By King Leonidas I and Achaemenid Empire of Xerxes I, over the course of three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. -
432 BCE
Parthenon Completed
The Parthenon was built to replace an existing temple which was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC and cost 469 silver talents to built. -
431 BCE
Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was a far fought between Athens and Sparta, the two most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece. -
428 BCE
Plato
An Ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle and founder of the academy, best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence. -
428 BCE
Socrates
A Greek philosopher who is considered the father of western philosophy who taught Plato. -
400 BCE
Catapult
An ancient siege machined that could hurl heavy objects or shoot arrows with great force and far distances. -
387 BCE
The Academy in Athens
The academy of philosophy in the northwestern outskirts of Athens where Plato acquired property 387 bce to teach. -
384 BCE
Aristotle
An Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who is considered one of the greatest thinkers in politics, psychology and ethics. He also tutored Alexander the Great. -
382 BCE
Philip II
The king of Macedon from 359-336 BC. He was also a member of the Argead dynasty of Macedonian kings. -
356 BCE
Alexander the Great
Conqueror and king of Macedonia who untied the Greek city-states and led the Corinthian League. -
338 BCE
League of Corinth
A confederation of Greek states created by Philip II during the winter of 338/337 BC -
338 BCE
Battle of Chaeronea
The Battle of Chaeronea was fought near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of the Greek city-states led by Athens and Thebes. -
332 BCE
Democracy
The Greek idea that all adult citizens were required to taste an active part in the government.
