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Greek Timeline
Created by
Alex Ramsey
⟶ Updated 19 Oct 2018 ⟶
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Events
First Olympic Games
First Messenian War
Homer begins to write the Iliad and Odyssey
The Greek Tyrants come into power
Draco introduces strict new laws in Athens
The first Greek coins are introduced
Pythagoras is born
Democracy is introduced in Athens by Cleisthenes.
The Greeks fight the Persians
Sophocles begins to write plays for the theatre
Famous playwright Euripides wins first prize
The temple to Athena, the Parthenon, is completed in Athens on the Acropolis
The wars between Sparta and Athens begin
The famous Greek philosopher Socrates is put to death
Greek philosopher and student of Socrates, Plato, founds the first institution
The great philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, Aristotle, begins to tutor Alexander
Alexander the Great becomes king when his father, Philip of Macedon is assassinated
Alexander begins his conquests and defeats the Persians
Alexander conquers Egypt
The Hellenistic period begins when Alexander the Great dies
Euclid, a Greek mathematician, writes Elements
Rome conquers Greece making it part of the Roman Empire
