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200
Roman Victory over Greece
200 - 196 BC: First Roman victory over Greece. -
224
Earthquake hits Greece
Earthquake destroys the Colossus of Rhodes. -
323
Alexander the Great dies
Alexander the Great dies at Babylon. -
323
Hellenistic Period
323 -31 BC: The Hellenistic Period. -
333
Alexander and the persians
Alexander the Great defeats the Persians at Issus and is given Egypt by the Persian Satrap where he builds a capital at Alexandria and founds the great library. -
356
Alexander the great
Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II, is born -
420
Temple Construction
The construction of the Temple of Athena Nike occured during 420-410 BC -
430
Bubonic Plaque
The outbreak of the Bubonic Plaque occured in this year. -
431
The second part of the war
The second part of the peloponnesian war restarted. -
441
Euripides
Euripides writes his first ever tragedy. -
443
Pericles
Pericles takes control and leads Athens. 443-429 BC. -
461
Peloponnesian War
461-446 Bc was when the Peloponnesian War began between Athens and Sparta. -
505
Democracy
Cleisthenes introduces democracy in ancient Athens. -
Jan 1, 600
Greek coins
The new Greek coin currency was introduced. -
Jan 1, 621
Draco's Law
Draco's new law was introduced to the Greeks. -
Jan 1, 650
Rise of the tyrants
The Greek tyrants rose in this year. -
Jan 1, 730
Messenian War
The first Messenian War started and the Spartans conquer southwest Peloponnesia and occured for 730-710 BC. -
Jan 1, 750
Homer writes a letter
Homer writes a letter about the Iliad and the Odyssey in 750-700 BC. -
Jan 1, 776
Olympic Games
The first ever olympic games were held in greece. -
Jan 1, 1050
The dark ages
The dark ages of Greece and the fall of the Mycenean culture occured in 1050-750 BC. -
Jan 1, 1200
Trojan War
The trojan war and the destruction of Troy began in 1200 BC -
The Roman General
The Roman General Sulla captures Athens. -
General Sulla captures Athens.
The Roman General Sulla captures Athens. -
The classical period
In 500-323 BC the Greeks had their classical period. -
Greek alphabet
The development of the first ever greek alphabet was made in 850-700 BC -
Wars
The Greek and Persian Wars were led by Xerxes. -
Tragedy letter
Sophocles writes his first letter about tragedy. -
Construction of 2 landmarks
449-432 BC waswhen the construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis started and finished in Athens. -
Socrates is executed
In 399 BC socrates was excecuted for his opposition to the thirty tyrants. -
Plato
Plato Claims The academy. -
Aristotle
This is the year that Aristotle was born. -
Phillip II
Philip II becomes the king of the Greeks. -
King Philip V
King Philip V of Greece loses to Roman forces at Kynoskephalai. -
Minoan Civilisation
This was the year that the Minoan Civilisation started. -
The Bronze Age
2900-2000 BC: The Bronze Age when Early Aegean cultures, started to emerge.