Ancient Greece

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  • 800 BCE

    Greek city-states emerge from the Dark Ages (Start of AOS1)

  • Period: 800 BCE to 454 BCE

    Ancient Greece AOS 1

    Greek poleis emerge from dark ages to treasury of delian league moves to athens from delos
  • 750 BCE

    Colonisation

    Greek poleis start establishing colonies around the Mediterranean and Black Sea
  • Period: 700 BCE to 700 BCE

    First Messenian War

    lates 700s
  • 650 BCE

    Earliest tyrants take over some Greek poleis and Reforms of Lycurgus (Sparta)

    Earliest tyrants take over some Greek poleis
    Reforms of Spartan society begin (attributed to Lycurgus)
  • Period: 600 BCE to 600 BCE

    Second Messenian War

    mid 600s following uprising of Messenians
  • Period: 560 BCE to 550 BCE

    Reforms of Solon (Athens)

    early 500s
  • 550 BCE

    Peloponnesian League Formed

  • 546 BCE

    Ionia becomes part of Persian Empire

  • Period: 546 BCE to 510 BCE

    Tyranny of Peisistratus and his sons in Athens

  • 508 BCE

    Democratic Reforms of Cleisthenes in Athens

    Democratic Reforms of Cleisthenes in Athens
    508/507
  • Period: 499 BCE to 494 BCE

    ionian revolt against persia

  • 490 BCE

    First Persian Invasion of Greek mainland (Battle of Marathon)

    First Persian Invasion of Greek mainland (Battle of Marathon)
  • 483 BCE

    Silver Found at Laurion in Attica- Themistocles convinces to build fleet

  • 481 BCE

    Hellenic League Formed

  • Period: 480 BCE to 479 BCE

    Second Persian Invasion of Greek mainland ( Battles of Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea and Mycale)

  • 478 BCE

    Delian League Formed

    Delian League Formed
  • 469 BCE

    Revolt of Naxos

  • 466 BCE

    Battle of Eurymedon

    Battle of Eurymedon
    Delian League victory against persia
  • Period: 465 BCE to 463 BCE

    Revolt of Thasos

  • 464 BCE

    Spartan Helot Revolt and Earthquake

    Spartan Helot Revolt and Earthquake
  • 461 BCE

    Ostracism of Cimon

  • Period: 460 BCE to 450 BCE

    Reforms of Ephialtes and Pericles

  • Period: 460 BCE to 445 BCE

    First Peloponnesian War

  • Period: 460 BCE to 404 BCE

    Ancient Greece AOS 2

  • 454 BCE

    Delian League treasury moved from Delos to Athens

    Delian League treasury moved from Delos to Athens
    Marks start of Athenian Hegemony
  • 447 BCE

    Construction of Parthenon is begins, part of Pericles's building programs

    Construction of Parthenon is begins, part of Pericles's building programs
  • Period: 445 BCE to 432 BCE

    Thirty Years Peace

    Thirty Years of Peace between Athens and Sparta, ending the First Peloponnesian War
  • Period: 435 BCE to 433 BCE

    Crisis at Corcyra

  • 432 BCE

    Megarian Decree

    Megarian Decree
    Triggers Outbreak of Second Peloponnesian War
  • 432 BCE

    Potidaea revolts against Athens

  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Second Peloponnesian War

  • Period: 431 BCE to 421 BCE

    Archidamian War

  • Period: 430 BCE to 427 BCE

    Plague in Athens

  • 429 BCE

    Pericles Dies

    Pericles Dies
  • 425 BCE

    Battles of Pylos and Sphacteria

    Battles of Pylos and Sphacteria
    Part of Archidamian War
  • 421 BCE

    Peace of Nicias

    Peace of Nicias
  • Period: 415 BCE to 413 BCE

    Sicilian Expedition

    Athens launches Sicilian Expedition and Alcibiades flees to sparta
  • Period: 414 BCE to 404 BCE

    Decelean/Ionian War

  • 413 BCE

    Athen Forces defeated in Sicily

    Athen Forces defeated in Sicily
    During sicilian expedition
  • 411 BCE

    Oligarchic Coup in Athens (the Four Hundred followed by the Five Thousand)

  • 410 BCE

    Democracy restored in Athens

  • 404 BCE

    Second Peloponnesian War ends with Athenian defeat Thirty tyrants take control of Athens

  • 403 BCE

    Battle of Piraeus; reestablishment of the democracy of Athens