Sparta Key Events

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  • 800 BCE

    Sparta emerges from Greek Dark Age

  • Period: 734 BCE to 724 BCE

    First Messenian War

  • 724 BCE

    Spartan conquest of Messenia in the First Messenian War

  • 706 BCE

    Taras in Southern Italy founded as a Spartan colony

  • Period: 685 BCE to 668 BCE

    Second Messenian War

  • 669 BCE

    Sparta defeated by Argos at the battle of Hysiai

  • 650 BCE

    Reforms of Spartan society began

  • 550 BCE

    Sparta defeats Argos

  • 550 BCE

    Peloponnesian League created

  • 546 BCE

    Battle of 300 Champions between Sparta and Argos in settle a dispute

  • 510 BCE

    Sparta becomes force for expelling tyranny in Greece

    Hippias' tyranny ended by Spartan intervention
  • 464 BCE

    Earthquake in Sparta devastates city