Greco-Roman Timeline

By davismadysen2
  • 850 BCE

    Homer

    (850BC-?)
    Poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
  • 800 BCE

    Ancient Geece Begins to rise

  • 800 BCE

    Oligarchies formed in Sparta

  • Period: 650 BCE to 600 BCE

    Draco

    A tyrant in Athens
  • Period: 636 BCE to 558 BCE

    Solon

    A tyrant in Athens
  • 630 BCE

    Draco Makes Reforms

    A tyrant who worked for better laws in Athens
  • 621 BCE

    Aristocracy Begins

  • 600 BCE

    Solon works for Reform

    Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet who worked for moral laws in Athens
  • Period: 569 BCE to 496 BCE

    Pythagoras

    (569BC-496BC)
    Mathematician,
    Pythagorean Theorem a2+b2=c2
  • 550 BCE

    Peloponnesian League is started

  • Period: 523 BCE to 456 BCE

    Aeschylus

    (523BC-456BC)
    Drama
  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic is founded

    Type of Government in Rome
  • 508 BCE

    Aristocracy Ends

  • 507 BCE

    Democracy Begins

  • 500 BCE

    Coin Use began in almost every city-state

  • Period: 500 BCE to 430 BCE

    Phidias

    (500BC-430BC)
    Sculpture of Athena
  • Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE

    Persian Wars

  • Period: 497 BCE to 406 BCE

    Sophocles

    (497BC-406BC)
    Drama
  • 495 BCE

    Pericles is ruler

  • 490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

  • Period: 484 BCE to 425 BCE

    Herodotus

    (484BC-425BC)
    "Father of History"
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of Salamis

  • 480 BCE

    Golden Age of Athens

  • 478 BCE

    Delian League Founded

  • Period: 470 BCE to 399 BCE

    Socrates

    (470BC-399BC)
    Philosophy
    Put to death by government
  • Period: 460 BCE to 404 BCE

    Thucydides

    (460BC-404BC)
    History
  • Period: 460 BCE to 375 BCE

    Hippocrates

    (460BC-375BC)
    Science/medicine
    ¨Father of Medicine¨
  • 450 BCE

    Twelve Tables was written

    Code of Law in Rome
  • 447 BCE

    Pericles rebuilt Athens and the Parthenon

  • 447 BCE

    Phidias Sculpted Athena

  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnessian War Starts

  • 429 BCE

    End of Pericles as ruler

  • Period: 428 BCE to 348 BCE

    Plato

    (428BC-348BC)
    Philosophy,
    Wrote the Republic
  • 414 BCE

    Battle of Silicy

  • 413 BCE

    Battle of Syracuse

  • 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian War Ends

  • 404 BCE

    Democracy Ended in Athens

  • 404 BCE

    Golden Age ends

  • 404 BCE

    Pelopponesian War ends

  • Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE

    Aristotle

    (384BC-322BC)
    Philosophy,
    Tutor of Alexander the Great
  • Period: 382 BCE to 336 BCE

    Philip II, King of Macedon

    (382BC-336BC)
    Conquered most of Greece,
    Father of Alexander the Great
  • Period: 356 BCE to 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    (356BC-323BC)
    Established an empire from Greece to Egypt and the margins of India,
    Extended Greek cultural influences,
    Adopted Greek culture and spread Hellenistic influences throughout his vast empire
  • 323 BCE

    Hellenistic Age begins

    Blend of Greek and oriental elements,
    Spread of Hellenistic culture through trade
  • 312 BCE

    First Aqueducts are Built

  • Period: 288 BCE to 212 BCE

    Archimedes

    (288BC-212BC)
    Science
  • 264 BCE

    Punic Wars begin

    Rome VS. Carthage over competition for trade
  • 180 BCE

    Pax Romana end

  • 146 BCE

    Greece fell to Romans

  • 133 BCE

    Fall of the Roman Republic starts

  • Period: 100 BCE to 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar

    (100BC-44BC)
    Declared Dictator for life,
    Part of First Triumvirate
    Assasinated by Senate on Ides of March
  • Period: 70 BCE to 19 BCE

    Virgil

    (70BC-19BC)
    Wrote the Aenid
  • Period: 63 BCE to 14

    Augustus Caesar

    (63BC-14AD)
    Civil war, defeat of Marc Anthony, Rome’s first emperor, established the Roman Empire by instituting civil service, rule by law, a common coinage, and secure travel and trade throughout the Empire.
  • Period: 60 BCE to 53 BCE

    First Triumvirate

    (60BC-53BC)
    Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), and Marcus Licinius Crassus
  • 31 BCE

    Hellenistic Age ends

  • 29 BCE

    Forum is built

  • 27 BCE

    Roman Republic ended

    The Roman Republic, in the face of changing social and economic conditions, succumbed to civil war and was replaced by an imperial regime, the Roman Empire.
  • 27 BCE

    Roman Empire begins

    Unified and enlarged, using imperial authority and the military, Failure to provide for peaceful succession of Emperors
  • Period: 27 BCE to 180

    Pax Romana

    Two centuries of peace and prosperity under imperial rule,
    Expansion and solidification of the Roman Empire, particularly in the Near East, Established uniform system of money, which helped to expand trade, Guaranteed safe travel and trade on Roman roads,
    Promoted prosperity and stability
  • Period: 4 BCE to 32

    Jesus Of Nazareth

    Jesus as both Son and incarnation of God, founder of Christianity
  • Period: 4 BCE to 63

    Paul the apostle

    Spread Christianity
  • 50

    Christianity began in Rome

    1st century AD, Was led by Jesus of Nazareth, who was proclaimed the Messiah, Conflicted with polytheistic beliefs of Roman Empire
  • 126

    Pantheon is Built

  • 146

    Punic Wars end

    Three wars resulted in Roman victory, the destruction of Carthage, and expanded trade and wealth for Rome.
  • 330

    Roman Empire Capital moves to Constantinople

    Moved by Emperor Constantine,
    Protection of the eastern frontier, Distance from Germanic invasions in the western empire, Crossroads of trade, Easily fortified site on a peninsula bordered by natural harbors
  • Period: 365 to 250 BCE

    Euclid

    (365BC-mid third-century)
    "Father of Geometry"
  • 476

    Rome Falls

  • Period: 482 to 565

    Emperor Justinian

    (482-565)
    Codification of Roman law (impact on European legal codes), Reconquest of former Roman territories, Expansion of trade
  • Period: 527 to 565

    Justinian is Emperor

  • 537

    Hagia Sophia is Built

  • Period: 1054 to 1400

    The Great Schism

    The cultural and political differences between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires weakened the unity of the Christian Church and led to its division. Authority of the Pope eventually accepted in the West, Authority of the Patriarch accepted in the East, Practices such as celibacy eventually accepted in the West
  • 1453

    Byzantine Empire is captured by Ottoman Turks

    Constantinople Falls