Greco-Roman Timeline By kaydence1 800 BCE First Greek City States Emerge 776 BCE Greek Olympics Begin 756 BCE Rome is Founded 750 BCE Invention of the Greek Alphabet Period: 640 BCE to 558 BCE Solon's Lifetime 621 BCE Draconian Law is Established in Athens Period: 570 BCE to 495 BCE Pythagoras' Lifetime Period: 523 BCE to 456 BCE Aeschylus Lifetime 510 BCE Athens Becomes a Democracy 509 BCE Roman Republic Begins Period: 500 BCE to 430 BCE Phidias' Lifetimw Period: 497 BCE to 406 BCE Sophocles' Lifetime Period: 494 BCE to 429 BCE Pericles' Lifetime Period: 492 BCE to 499 BCE Persian Wars 490 BCE Battle of Marathon Period: 484 BCE to 425 BCE Herodotus' Lifetime 480 BCE Battle of Salamis 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae Period: 472 BCE to 400 BCE Thucydides' Lifetime Period: 470 BCE to 399 BCE Socrates Lifetime Period: 461 BCE to 429 BCE Athens Experiences A Golden Age Under Pericles Period: 460 BCE to 404 BCE Thucydides' Lifetime 450 BCE Twelve Tables are Created 447 BCE Parthenon Construction Started Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE The Peloponnesian War Period: 428 BCE to 348 BCE Plato's Lifetime 420 BCE Reconstruction of Parthenon Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE Aristotle's Lifetime Period: 356 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great's Lifetime 338 BCE Philip of Macedon Invades Greece Period: 334 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great's Empire 323 BCE Beginning of Hellenistic Period Period: 287 BCE to 212 BCE Archimedes' Lifetime Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Punic Wars 218 BCE Hannibal Invades the Italian Peninsula from the Alps 146 BCE Rome Conquers Greece 146 BCE Destruction of Carthage Period: 100 BCE to 44 BCE Julius Caesars' Lifetime Period: 84 BCE to 30 BCE Marc Antony Period: 83 BCE to 30 BCE Marc Antony Lifetime Period: 70 BCE to 19 BCE Virgil's Lifetime Period: 63 BCE to 14 Augustus Caesars' Lifetime 60 BCE First Triumvirate is Formed 45 BCE Julius Caesar is Declared Dictator for Life 44 BCE Julius Caesar is Assassinated by the Senate 43 BCE Second Triumvirate is Formed 31 BCE Roman Republic Ends 30 BCE Cleopatra Commits Suicide 28 BCE Augustus Becomes Roman Emperor 27 BCE Roman Empire Begins Period: 27 BCE to 180 Pax Romana Period: 4 BCE to 62 Paul Period: 100 to 170 Ptolemy's Lifetime Period: 272 to 337 Constantine's lifetime Period: 306 to 337 Constantine's Reign 313 Edict of Milan Legalized Christianity 324 Roman Empire Splits into East and West 330 Constantine Moves the Capital to Constantinople 410 Germanic Tribes Begin to Invade 476 End of Western Roman Empire 530 Justinian's Code is Established 537 The Hagia Sophia is Built 726 Eastern Churches Ban the Use of Icons 1054 The Great Schism 1453 Ottomans Gain Control of the Byzantine Empire
