Ancient Greece

By Owen Johnston
  • 1194 BCE

    Trojan War

    This is one of the most famous times in Greeces' history. It is the time when the Mycenaean People climbed into a giant horse and invaded the city of troy all for love.
    Here is a painting on a vase of one of the events from the time of the Trojan War.
  • 1100 BCE

    Greek Dark Ages

    This is a time when Greece started although it was still the greek dark ages it was not the dark ages for the world. This is a time when Greece was struggling and not completely an empire yet.
    This is an artefact from the time of the Greek Dark Ages.
  • 1000 BCE

    Formation of Greece

    This is when Greece began to exit from its dark ages and small towns started to become cities and form governments, laws and armies.
    This is an artists representation of what a Greek colony would look like at around this time period.
  • 776 BCE

    Olympic Games

    This was created as a religious festival held in south west Greece as entertainment and to worship the God Zeus. Competitors would do their event completely naked. Also women were not allowed to watch.
    This is a piece of pottery representing the different events that the first olympians could compete in.
  • 725 BCE

    Sparta Creates a Military Based City State

    Sparta became one of the most fierce city states in the whole of Greece. They would send their children out to camps when they where only 7. They would become battle hardened and difficult to defeat in battle.
    Here is a statue of a Spartan soldier.
  • 480 BCE

    Victory Over the Islands of Salamis

    The battle of salamis was a naval battle between Greece and Persia. It was fought in between the straights of Piraeus and Salamis.
    This is a picture of what the battle of salamis might have looked like.
  • 480 BCE

    Sacrifice of the Spartans

    This is more commonly known as the 300. It is when the Persians and Greece were at war. Whilst Greece was gathering men to fight in the war 300 Spartans led by Leodonus went to hold the Persians off. Although completely outnumbered the Spartans managed to hold the Persians off until betrayed.
    This is an impaction describing what happened at the sacrifice of the spartans
  • 461 BCE

    Building of the Parthenon

    The parthenon was a temple built for the Goddess Athena. Athena was the patron of Athens. Athens is even named after Athena. The parthenon had a giant gold statue of Athena holding the goddess of victory Nike. The people of Athens would come here to worship Athena.
    This is a representation of what it would have looked like when the parthenon had the Goddess Athena's statue in it.
  • 425 BCE

    Greek Drama

    This was made as a way off pleasing the god of wine Dionysus. Men would dress up and pretend to be characters to please Dionysus. They would perform to a large amphitheatre filled to the brim with spectators come from all over Greece to watch.
    This is a piece of pottery that shows some greek drama.
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great defeats Persia and Egypt

    This is when Alexander the Great fought and defeated Persia and Egypt making Greece a more and more powerful empire. This allowed them to defend them self form invading countries and not fall for a while.
    This is a picture of what Alexander the great did during the time when he fought the Persians and the Egyptians
  • 146 BCE

    Greece Falls

    Greece was attacked when Alexander the great died. When Greece was attacked by the ever growing empire of Rome it started to fall. Rome's disciplined soldiers was just to much for Greece to handle and it started to fall being taken over by Rome.
    Here is a painting of what happened during the time when Greece fell from being a super power into a average civilisation.