Greco-Roman Timeline

By Lillian M. Taylor
  • 850 BCE

    Homer was born

  • 800 BCE

    Greek city-states emerged

  • 780 BCE

    Homer died

  • 753 BCE

    Rome was founded

  • 701 BCE

    Romany Mythology was created

  • 700 BCE

    Greek mythology was formed

  • 650 BCE

    Sparta was founded

  • 650 BCE

    Draco was born

  • 640 BCE

    Solon was born

  • 600 BCE

    Draco died

  • 569 BCE

    Pythagoras was born

  • 558 BCE

    Solon died

  • 523 BCE

    Aeschylus was born

  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic created

  • 508 BCE

    Athens was founded

  • 505 BCE

    Doric Column was inveted

  • 500 BCE

    Phidias was born

  • 499 BCE

    Persian War

  • 497 BCE

    Sophocles was born

  • 496 BCE

    Pythagoras was born

  • 495 BCE

    Ionic Column was invented

  • 485 BCE

    Herodotus was born

  • 478 BCE

    The Delian

  • 477 BCE

    The Parthenon was built

  • 470 BCE

    Socrates was born

  • 461 BCE

    Hippocrates was born

  • 460 BCE

    Thucydides was born

  • 456 BCE

    Aeschylus died

  • 449 BCE

    Golden Age of Pericles

  • 449 BCE

    Persian War ended

  • 431 BCE

    Peleponnesian War

  • 431 BCE

    Golden Age of Pericles ended

  • 430 BCE

    Phidias died

  • 430 BCE

    Corinthian Column was invented

  • 430 BCE

    The Peloponnesian League was created

  • 428 BCE

    Plato was born

  • 426 BCE

    Herodotus died

  • 406 BCE

    Sophocles died

  • 405 BCE

    Twelve Tables were written

  • 404 BCE

    Peleponnesian War ended

  • 404 BCE

    Thucydides died

  • 399 BCE

    Socrates died

  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle was born

  • 382 BCE

    King Phillip the II of Macedon was born

  • 371 BCE

    Hippocrates died

  • 365 BCE

    Euclid was born

  • 356 BCE

    Alexander the Great was born

  • 347 BCE

    Plato died

  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great started his empire

  • 336 BCE

    King Phillip the II of Macedon died

  • 323 BCE

    Alexander the Great ended his empire and died

  • 323 BCE

    Hellenistic Age began

  • 322 BCE

    Aristotle died

  • 312 BCE

    Aqueducts were built

  • 312 BCE

    Roman roads were built

  • 288 BCE

    Archimedes was born

  • 265 BCE

    Euclid died

  • 264 BCE

    Punic wars began

  • 212 BCE

    Archimedes died

  • 146 BCE

    Punic wars ended

  • 146 BCE

    Rome conquers Greece

  • 100 BCE

    Julius Caesar was born

  • 63 BCE

    Augustus Caesar was born

  • 53 BCE

    the first triumvirate

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar died on the Ides of March

  • 44 BCE

    Augustus Caesar defeated Mark Anthony

  • 31 BCE

    Hellenistic Age ended

  • 27 BCE

    Roman Republic ended

  • 27 BCE

    The Pax Romana started

  • 6 BCE

    Jesus was born

  • 10

    Paul was born

  • 12

    Roman arches were built

  • 14

    Augustus Caesar died

  • 36

    Jesus Christ Died

  • 67

    Paul died

  • 70

    The Colosseum was built

  • 100

    Ptolemy was born

  • 126

    The Pantheon was built

  • 141

    Ptolemy died

  • 180

    The Pax Romana ended

  • 272

    Constantine was born

  • 284

    The Roman empire split into two empires

  • 313

    Christianity becomes the official religion in Rome

  • 330

    The capitol of Rome was moved to Constantinople

  • 337

    Constantine died

  • 476

    The Western Roman Empire fell

  • 483

    Justinian was born

  • 510

    Justinian codified Roman law

  • 520

    The Byzantines created art

  • 521

    Justinian became the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

  • 537

    The Hagia Sophia was built

  • 565

    Justinian died

  • 870

    The Cyrillic Alphabet was invented

  • 1054

    The Great Schism

  • 1453

    End of the Byzantine Empire