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Greco-Roman Timeline

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  • 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