Greece

Emergence of city-states (POLIS)

800 BCE

It was the most important element of Greek civilization, because it would be the political-economic-cultural center of that society. A very important element within these was that they considered themselves independent of each other.

Celebration of the first Olympic games

776 BCE

The first games were very different from those we know now, but the Olympic spirit remains. Every four summers and for a thousand years, people from every corner of Ancient Greece attended the sacred lands of Ancient Olympia to celebrate their passion for sports competitions.

The Greek Colonization of the West begins

770 BCE

It was caused by demographic pressure in continental Greece due to the Migratory movement of Indo-European peoples towards continental Greece.

The first medical war begins

492 BCE

Set of three conflicts that confronted the Greek peoples and the growing Persian Empire throughout the 5th century BC.

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

It was a confrontation with weapons that defined the outcome of the First Medical War. It happened in the year 490 a. C. and took place in the fields and the beach of the city of Marathon, located a few kilometers from Athens, located on the east coast of Attica. He faced on the one hand the Persian king Darius I, who wished to get in and conquer Athens for his participation in the Ionian revolt, and, on the other hand, the Athenians and their allies (from Platea, among others)

II MEDICAL WAR2

479 BCE

The Second Medical War begins around 480a.c and ends in 479a.c assuming the conquest of Greece by Xerxes. All this took point and is missing thanks to the marathon battle, in which Xerxes took over.

Creation of the Delos League

478 BCE

The League of Delos was created by a political-military association, led by Athens, with different city-states cracked from Attica.

Philip King of Macedonia

356 BCE

Philip became 367 B.C. in the regent of the kingdom, Thanks to the name of his nephew called Amicas, son of parakeets. He finally became the king of the kingdom of Macedonia in 359a.c

Alejandro Magno King of Greece

334 BCE

Subsequently, he managed to secure the border of the Balkan area and the hegemony of Macedonia over the city-states of Ancient Greece, ending the rebellion that took place after the death of his father.

Alejandro Magno conquers Persia

331 BCE

The Pan-Hellenic army conquers Oersia by entering Susa capital which was chosen by King Darius

Alejandro Magno dies in Babylon

323 BCE

He died at 32 years of age, because of two weeks of severe fever, diaphoresis, acute abdominal pain and weakness, which produced periods of delusions.

Roman domination

88 BCE

Since the middle of the second century BC. C. Greece became, in fact, a Roman protectorate, and most Greek cities paid tribute to Rome. In 88 a. C., with the support of Mithridates, king of Pontus, the Greeks revolted against Rome, but the uprising failed. During the time of the civil wars, Greece was the scene of the struggles between the various Roman factions that wanted to seize power. In the imperial era, Greek cultural influence remained, but the economic expansion centers of the East