Significant Events in Ancient Greece

Destruction of Minoan settlements

2000 BCE

Mycenaeans Settlement

1900 BCE

Trojan War (1250 or 1210)

1250 BCE

Destruction of Miletus and resettlement

1100 BCE

The development of the Greek alphabet

900 BCE

First Olympic Games

776 BCE

The first Olympic games were held in 776 BC. The Olympic games were dedicated to Olympian gods. The First Olympic games were held in Olympia

Sparta creates a military centered city state

725 BCE

Everyone was put through the military school in Sparta. The devotion would later get them ready for the Pelopennisian and Persian wars.

Earliest Lyric Poets

650 BCE

Greek Coin currency introduced

600 BCE

In 600 BC The Ancient Greeks introduced Greek coin currency. The Greeks coins were called Drachma. Drachma was one of the earliest coins. Now in Modern day they call it euro.

Athens Becomes a Democracy

505 BCE

Ancient Greece invented the Yo-Yo

500 BCE

Aristides ostracized

482 BCE

Building of the Parthenon

461 BCE

The temple was built at a time of prosperity during Athen's golden age, to honor their god, Athena.

Sophist Protagoras visits Athens

450 BCE

443 - 429 BC Pericles leads Athens

443 BCE

Pelopennesian Wars

404 BCE

Plato Founded the Academy

387 BCE

Aristotle founds the Lyceum in Athens

335 BCE

Alexander the Great Expands Greece

333 BCE

Alexander's army reaches India

326 BCE

Aristotle's Death

322 BCE

First Roman victory over Greece

146 BCE

The Greeks first came under Roman rule in 146 BC after the Battle of Corinth when Macedonia became a Roman province.

Death of Cleopatra

30 BCE