Ancient Greece

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  • Period: 730 BCE to 710 BCE

    The First Messian War

    A war between Messenia and Sparta lasting for 20 years which ended in a Spartan victory.
  • 720 BCE

    All Athenians must go to Military School

    All Athenians must go to Military School
    It was mandatory for all Athenian men to attend military school for a minimum of two years which would benifit them in future wars.
  • 700 BCE

    The Development Of The Greek Alphabet

    The Development Of The Greek Alphabet
    The alphabet we use today was based upon letters from the Greek alphabet.
  • 700 BCE

    Greece Creates a Strong Water Based Military

    Greece Creates a Strong Water Based Military
    Creating a strong navy would later help them in defeating the Persians during the Persian war.
  • 650 BCE

    Sparta Creates A Military Centered State

    Sparta Creates A Military Centered State
    Creating a military centered state would later aid them in the Pelopennisian and Persian wars.
  • 621 BCE

    Draco's code of law is introduced

    Draco's code of law is introduced
    Draco was the first recorded legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court
  • 505 BCE

    Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens

    Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens
    A leader of Athens named Cleisthene made a type government that has been used for thousands of years.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 323

    Greek Classical Period

    From 500 to 323 BC was when the Greeks achieved new heights in art, architecture, theater, and philosophy.
  • 490 BCE

    Greek/Persian war led by Xerxes

    Greek/Persian war led by Xerxes
    This was a series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century.
  • 490 BCE

    The Battle Of Marathon

    The Battle Of Marathon
    10,000 Athenians marched out of their city to met the Persians, 80,000 strong who had landed at Marathon.The Athenians came were determined and won the battle.
  • Period: 449 BCE to 432 BCE

    Construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens

    The Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.
  • 431 BCE

    Second Peloponnesian War

    Second Peloponnesian War
    The Peloponnesian War was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta.
  • 430 BCE

    Outbreak Of Bubonic Plague in Athens

    Outbreak Of Bubonic Plague in Athens
    The Plague of Athens was an epidemic that devastated the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach.
  • Period: 420 BCE to 410 BCE

    Construction Of Athena Nike

    Nike which means victory in Greek, and Athena was worshipped in this form, as goddess of victory in war and wisdom.The citizens worshipped the goddess in hope of a successful outcome in the long Peloponnesian War fought on land and sea against the Spartans and their allies.
  • 323 BCE

    Beginning of the Hellinistic Period

    Beginning of the Hellinistic Period
    The Hellenistic Age is a period in history defined as the time between the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of Roman domination. During this time, Greek culture was dominant throughout the Mediterranean, thus the name Hellenistic, which is derived from the Greek "Hellas" which means Greece.