Ancient Greece

Athens

508 BCE

Only men over the age of 18 wasn't a slave and had 2 Athenian parents could be citizens. The assembly had the power to ostracize or banish people. Men recieved 2 years of military training.

The Persian Wars

490 BCE

The Athenians won in the Battle of Marathon. on the island Slamis the Pausanias won the battle and led the Persian army out of Greece.

Socrates

469 BCE

Socrates was arrested for corrupting young men and got blamed for the fall of Athens. He has his own method of asking questions called the Socratic Method. The Socratic Method is asking questions about the wrong doing of other people eventually leading to a realization.

The Golden Age of Athens

468 BCE

Sophocles started to write plays for the theatre. his plays started to be very popular and became a form of entertainment in Greece.

The Peloponnesian War

431 BCE

Athens and Sparta begin a war. The war lasted 27 years. Pericles plan worked for the first year, Athens later surrenders which leads to Sparta conquering Athens.

Sparta

404 BCE

Boys had to go to the military at age seven and would spend 23 years there. the Spartans would usually have a small navy or none at all. They were isolated from the rest of the world because they were an inland city.

Plato

386 BCE

Plato was a student of Socrates. He wrote dialogues and taught the ideal of goodness.

Aristotle

342 BCE

Aristotle was a student of Plato. He started his own school called the Lyceum. he was known as The Philosopher.

Alexander The Great

336

Alexander was one of Aristotle's students. he became king when he was 20. He conquered the Persians and India. Alexander died at the age of 33.

The First Olympics

776

They were held in Olympia. Started around 776 B.C. They were cancelled for the first year in over 1,000 years and not held again until 1896 in Athens.