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Ancient Greece Timeline

By The_Pie_Thower
  • 323

    323BC Alexander the Great Dies

    323BC Alexander the Great Dies
    Tragically, in the year 323BC, Alexander the Great died from a mysterious illness.
  • 404

    404BC Sparta defeats Athens

    404BC Sparta defeats Athens
    The Peloponnesian War came to an end when Sparat defeated Athens in 404BC
  • 431

    431BC The Peloponnesian War Begins

    431BC The Peloponnesian War Begins
    The Peloponnesian War began in the year 431BC. (Sparta and her allies vs. Athens and her allies.)
  • 432

    432BC The Parthenon is completed

    432BC The Parthenon is completed
    The Parthenon was completed in 432BC.
  • 500

    500BC Greece organised the first rubbish dump

    500BC Greece organised the first rubbish dump
    It was the year 500BC when Greece organised the first local, municipal dump.
  • Jan 1, 600

    600BC Greek Coin currency is introduced

    600BC Greek Coin currency is introduced
    The year 600BC was the year that Greece introduced currency to its civilisaton.
  • Jan 1, 776

    776BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests

    776BC First Pan Hellenic athletes contests
    The Olympic Games all started in 776BC in Greece.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    1100BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean's

    1100BC The Dorians defeat the Mycenaean's
    1100BC was the year when the Dorians defeated the Mycenaean's. Also, the first Greek settlement formed on the Asia Minor Coast.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    1200BC The Trojan War

    1200BC The Trojan War
    Devestatingly, in 1200BC a war broke out between two cities, Achaeans and Troy. The Trojan Horse played a big role as it smuggled lots of Achaeans' into it to get past Troy's gates.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    1400BC Mycenaean's in control of Aegean World

    1400BC Mycenaean's in control of Aegean World
    In the year 1400BC the Mycenaean's becsme in control of the Aegean World.

  • 1628BC A volcanic eruption in Thera

    1628BC A volcanic eruption in Thera
    In 1628BC a volcano erupted in Thera and caused destruction in Crete.

  • 2000BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive

    2000BC Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrive
    In the year 2000BC the Ionian and Achaean Greeks arrived in Greece

  • 899-800BC New form of writing.

    899-800BC New form of writing.
    Between the years 899-800BC was the time where a new style of Greek writing was formed.

  • 800BC Homer writes the ILIAD

    800BC Homer writes the ILIAD
    Homer wrote the ILIAD in the year 800BC

  • 509BC Democracy develops

    509BC Democracy develops
    Democracy developed in 509BC

  • 490BC First Persian Invasion & Battle of Marathon

    490BC First Persian Invasion & Battle of Marathon
    The first Persian invasion was in the year 490BC. Also, in the same year there was a battle called 'Battle of Marathon'

  • 480BC Second Persian Invasion + more

    480BC Second Persian Invasion + more
    480BC was the year where Persia had its second invasion. Greece on the other hand were defeated in Thermoplae but were triumphant at Salamis and Plataea.

  • 338BC Philip II conquers Greece

    338BC Philip II conquers Greece
    In the year 338BC, Philip the II from Macedon conquered all of Greece.

  • 329BC Alexander the Great conquers the Persian Empire

    329BC Alexander the Great conquers the Persian Empire
    329BC was the year where Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire.

  • 187BC Rome conquers Greece

    187BC Rome conquers Greece
    Rome conquered Greece in the year 187BC.
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