Ancient Greece Timeline

Imagining the Fourth Dimension

 

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	Summary	Detailed Information
2000 BCE	First Settlers	Wandering tribes begin to settle in Greece
1600 BCE	Mycenaean Greece	Bronze Age Greece was inhabited by the Mycenaean people. They took their name from the capital city of their land, Mycenae.
1194 BCE	Trojan War	The Trojan war between the Greeks and the Trojans (inhabitants of Troy) began
1184 BCE	Trojan War	The Trojan war ended when the Greeks used a wooden horse to invade and overrun the Trojan city of Troy
1100 BCE	Dorian Invaders	Mycenaean Greece was invaded by Dorian tribesmen from the north. The Dorians had iron weapons which they use to good effect to defeat and conquer the Mycenaeans.
c. 850 BCE	Alphabet	The Greek alphabet was developed from the Phoenician alphabet.
c. 800 BCE	Homer	Homer composed his poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad is an epic poem set in the Trojan War while the Odyssey tells the story of the adventures of Odysseus on his return from the Trojan war.
776 BCE	First Olympic Games	First recorded Olympic games. The games were held at Olympia. There was one event – the men’s 200m sprint.
743 BCE	First Messenian War	This was a disagreement between the Messenians and the Spartans that led to war
724 BCE	First Messenian War	The first Messenian war ended in victory for the Spartans
650 BCE	Rise of the Tyrants	The rule of aristocratic leaders was challenged by lesser aristocrats or wealthy tradesmen who wanted to overthrow the monopoly of the aristocrats. Known as tyrants they seized power from the aristocracy and took over rule in their stead.
621 BCE	Draco’s Code of Law	The laws of Athens had previously been a set of oral laws. Draco introduced a new set of harsher laws which were written down for all to read. For many crimes the punishment was death.
600 BCE	Money	The first Greek coins appeared.
508 BCE	Democracy	Democracy began in Athens.
495 BCE	Pythagoras	The philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras, died in Metapontum.
490 BCE	First Persian War	The First Persian war began when Persia sent an invasion force into Athens in retaliation for its participation in a Greek raid on Persia.
490 BCE	Battle of Marathon	The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Marathon
480 BCE	Second Persian War	The Second Persian war began when Persia’s King Xerxes led an invasion force into Greece.
August/September 480 BCE	Battle of Thermopylae	The Persians defeated the Greeks in the Battle off Thermopylae
September 480 BCE	Battle of Salamis	The Greeks defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis
432 BCE	Parthenon completed	The Parthenon was completed. The temple was built in Athens to house a statue of Goddess Athena so that she could watch over the city.
431 BCE	Peloponnesian Wars	The Peloponnesian wars between Athens and Sparta.
404 BCE	Peloponnesian Wars	Athens lost the Peloponnesian Wars. The Athenian democratic government was removed and replaced by a ruling body of 30 tyrants.
403 BCE	Democracy	Democracy was restored to Athens.
399 BCE	Socrates	The philosopher Socrates, founder of philosophy, was charged with impiety (being disrespectful to the Gods) he was found guilty and executed.
380 BCE	Academy	The philosopher Plato, student of Socrates, founded the Academy in Athens.
359 BCE	Philip II	Philip II became King of Macedon
347 BCE	Plato	The philosopher, Plato, student of Socrates, founder of The Academy and author of The Republic died in Athens.
339 BCE	Catapult	The Catapult was invented at Syracruse
338 BCE	Battle of Chaeronea	Philip II, King of Macedon conquered Greece
338 BCE	League of Corinth	The League of Corinth, a federation of Greek states, was founded by Philip II to boost support against Persia.
336 BCE	Alexander the Great	Philip II, King of Macedon was assassinated – his son Alexander became King of Macedon. He was later known as Alexander the Great
335 BCE	The Lyceum	Aristotle founded the Lyceum in Athens.
333 BCE	Persia	Alexander conquered the Persians and declared himself King of Persia.
331 BCE	Egypt	Alexander conquered Egypt and made Alexandria the capital of his newly gained land
323 BCE	Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great died. His son had not yet been born so his conquered lands were divided between his top generals.
322 BCE	Aristotle	Aristotle, philosopher, mathematician, student of Plato, tutor of Alexander died in Euboea.
c. 265 BCE	Euclid	Euclid, the inventor of geometry, died.
212 BCE	Archimedes	The mathematician and engineer, Archimedes, was assassinated in Syracuse.
146 BCE	Roman Empire	The Romans defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Corinth and Greece became part of the Roman Empire