Greece By Enter your name here 431 Second of the Peloponnesian Wars between Sparta and Athens (In BC) war 461 The Peloponnesian Wars begins between Sparta and Athens Sparta vs. Athens 500 The Greek Classical Period (In BC) Greece art Jun 21, 600 Greek Coin currency introduced (In BC) Greek coins Jun 21, 641 The Slavs overrun Greece Slaves Aug 23, 730 The First Messenian War and the Spartans conquer southwest Peloponnesia (In BC) Sparta Jul 23, 776 The First Olympic Games are staged (In BC) Sculpture of discus Apr 6, 1050 The Dark Ages of Greece and the fall of the Mycenean culture (In BC) Dark ages Oct 23, 1200 The Trojan War and the destruction of Troy (Ilium) (In BC) Trojan War Jun 21, 1986 The Roman General Sulla captures Athens Rome beat Athens Mar 2, 2022 Development of the first Greek Alphabet (In BC) Greek alphbet Mar 2, 2022 Greek / Persian Wars led by Xerxes Greek Persian War Mar 2, 2022 Construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens landmark Feb 5, 2500 The start of the great Minoan civilization (In BC) The Minoan Civilization Aug 21, 2900 The Bronze Age when Early Aegean cultures start to emerge (date is in BC). Bronze age picture
