Ancient Greece Timeline

Rise of The Tyrants

850 BCE

Tyrants were rulers in Ancient Greek who controlled their land in a oppressive and unbound manner, they would convert the Greek government from monarchy to democracy.

Homer

800 BCE

A Greek poet credited with writing the epic stories ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’. Many facts about Homer are unclear about his life.

The First Olympics

776 BCE

The First ever recorded Olympics append in Olympia in the Greek city state Elis, though the Olympics are believed to have been going for around 500 years already. The Olympics were in order to honor the Greek god Zeus.

Draco’s Code of Law

620 BCE

The Draconian law made by Draco as written law for the Athenians. He made this in response of the unjust oral law changes made by the Athenians.

Darius I

550 BCE

Commonly known as Darius the Great, he was the 3rd Persian king of the Achaemenid empire

Xerxes

519 BCE

Xerxes was the son and successor of Darius I making him the 4th king of Persia

Athenian Democracy

508 BCE

The Athens were the first to practice democracy by creating a political system in which there was legislation and executive bills. Participation was limited to adult male citizen.

First Persian War

492 BCE

After the Persians reconquered Ionia, they then began to plan their next moves of punishing Athens and Eretria due to their support of the Ionian revolt. Darius, the leader of the Persians used the as an opportunity to expand his western rule but fails to capture Athens.

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

A battle taking place during the first Persian invasion of Greece, fought by the citizens of Athens. The battle resulted in a Greek victory though the Persians gained control of the Aegean Sea.

Second Persian War

480 BCE

Occurring during the Greco-Persian War, King Xerxes of Persia attempted to seize control of all of Greece with its second try at invasion. This invasion came as a direct follow up to their previous attempt at invading, though delayed. The Persians were once again unsuccessful with the Greeks remaining victorious.

Socrates

470 BCE

A Greek philosopher from Athens who is believed to been the creator of the western ethical method of thought.

Agamemnon

458 BCE

Agamemnon was the leader of the Greek army in the Trojan war in Homers ‘The Iliad’

Completion of The Parthenon

432 BCE

The Parthenon, a temple made for the goddess Athena achieves completion. Construction had begun at the peak of the Athenian Empires reign.

Peloponnesian War

431 BCE

A war fought between the Delian league led by Athens against Sparta, a 15 year conflict separated in 3 different phases that would eventually end in Spartan triumph

Plato

428 BCE

An Athenian Philosopher, who expanded in his writing on the philosophies made by his teacher Socrates

The invention of the Catapult

399 BCE

The catapult was a machine used for siege that would throw heavy objects with great force and distance. The Greek Dionysus invented the catapult when wanting to develop a new weapon.

The Academy In Athens

387 BCE

The academy was founded by Plato and named the Platonic academy, Aristotle studied there for 20 years until he went on to found his own school.

Aristotle

385 BCE

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher taught by Plato, he is considered to be one of the greatest intellectual figures in western history. Even after the renaissance, reformation, and enlightenment, Aristotle's concepts could still be found in the concepts of western thinking.

Philip II

382 BCE

Philip II was the king of macedon and member of the Aegean Dynasty of Macedonian kings. He is also the father of Alexander the Great.

Alexander The Great

356 BCE

Alexander III of Macedon, was born in Pella as the son of Philip II. He succeeded his father to the throne at age 20

The Battle of Chaeronea

338 BCE

A Battle between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and the Greek city state alliance led by Athens and Thebes. The battle ended in a decisive Macedonian victory.

League of Corinth

338

The league of Corinth, or the Hellenic league was formed by Philip II as a federation of Greek city sates in order to facilitate the military for any future conflict with Persia.

Pericles

495

Pericles was a Greek statesman and also general of Athens during its golden age, more specifically during the peloponnesian wars