Significant Events in Ancient Greece

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  • 1210 BCE

    Trojan War

  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

  • 505 BCE

    Athens becomes a democracy

  • 499 BCE

    Persian War (499 - 493)

  • 480 BCE

    The Battle of Thermopylae

  • 465 BCE

    Earthquake in Lakonia

  • 460 BCE

    First stage of Peloponnesian War (460 - 446)

  • 421 BCE

    Second stage of Peloponnesian War (421 - 413)

  • 413 BCE

    Third stage of Peloponnesian War (413 - 404)

  • 399 BCE

    Trial and execution of Socrates

  • 395 BCE

    The Corinthian War (395 - 386)

  • 386 BCE

    Sparta wins Corinthian War

  • 380 BCE

    Plato establishes the Athens Academy

  • 371 BCE

    Sparta defeated in Leuctra

  • 359 BCE

    Philip II becomes King of Macedonia

  • 336 BCE

    Philip II assassinated

  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great becomes King of Macedonia

  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great defeats Persian army at Granicus river in Anatolia

  • 333 BCE

    Alexander the Great expands Greece (333 - 323)

  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

  • 279 BCE

    Invasion of Greece by Gauls

  • 214 BCE

    First stage of Macedonian War (214 - 204)

  • 200 BCE

    Rome conquers Greece (200 - 86)

  • 200 BCE

    Second stage of Macedonian War (200 - 196)

  • 172 BCE

    Third stage of Macedonian War (172 - 168)

  • 30 BCE

    Death of Cleopatra