Ancient Greece

 

 

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The earliest Greek civilizations thrived nearly 4,000 years ago. Yet, their culture still impacts our lives today, in the arts, in philosophy, and in science, math, literature and politics. The ancient Greece civilization lasted from about 800 BC, when the Greeks began to set up city states, to 146 BC when the Romans invaded Greece.

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800 BC to 100 BC
       
runner  776 BC      
The first Olympic games.    
    about 750 BC
    Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics 'The Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.

Tyrant leader  650 - 580 BC		    
Corinth is ruled by the tyrant Kypselos and then his son Periander.    
    508 BC   voting
    Democracy begins in Athens
soldiers  490 and 480 BC    
Greeks defeat Persian invaders at the battles of Marathon (490 BC)and Salamis (480 BC).    
    by 450 BC  Athenian assembly
    Athens becomes a very powerful city, and controls an empire.
theatre  472 - 410 BC    
Greeks theatre thrives in Athens. Many of the most famous Greek plays are written during this time.    
    462 - 429 BC
    Perikles is the popular leader at Athens as the general of the Athenian army
Parthenon  432 BC    
The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.    
    431 - 404 BC  trireme
    War between Athens and Sparta (the Peloponnesian war)
428 BC    
The revolt of Mytilene    
    404 BC
    Sparta defeats Athens.

 


338 BC		    
Philip, king of Macedonia, takes control of Greece.    
    336 - 323 BC
    Alexander the Great, son of Philip, conquers most of the known world as far east as India.



146 BC		    
Rome conquers Greece - Greece becomes part of the Roman empire.    
       

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