Timeline of Ancient Greece
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Updated: 5 Dec 2022
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The Bronze Age CollapseGenos of the Bacchiads Coup in Corinth;
The King is overthrown and the Bacchiad
family assumes power.Coinage developed by end of the 7th CenturyGreek Poetry First Composed OrallySparta Absorbs and integrates
the neighboring city of AmyklaiBattle of Hysiae Near Argos
Sparta defeated by ArgosFailure by Sparta to conquer TegeaBattle of the 300 ChampionsSparta send aid to corinth against the
Kypselid tyrants, creating an alliance
with Corinth soon afterFounding of Taras, the only Spartan ColonyEarliest known existence of Athens as a
walled citadel city, and major trade location"Black Figure" Style Pottery developed in AthensRule of Archon MegaclesDraco reforms Athenian Law during the reign
of Archon AristaechmusArchon Solon reforms Draco's lawcode with sweeping
changesCylon attempts an Armed coup in Athens
He takes the Acropolis, but the coup fails
after Megacles IntervenesAthens conquer the fort of Sigeum
Located near the dardenelledAssasination attempt on the Pisistrad SuccessorsCleisthenes beats IsagorasAssyrian King Ashurbanipal Sacks Elam And Conquers SusaBattle of Mycale
Destruction of Persian FleetBattle of Himera; SicilyBattle of SalamisBattle of ThermopylaeBattle of ArtemesiumEvacuation of Athens to SalamisBattle of MarathonFirst Invasion of GreeceDeath of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal
Civil war beginsAlliance of Medes and Babylonians (and Persians) against a weakened AssyriaLast Stand of AssyriaCapture of BabylonBirth of HerodotosBirth of ThucydidesBattle of AmphipolisThe Hellenic League pushes the Persians out of ThraceFoundation of the Delian LeagueCimon rises to power in AthensCimon, Son of Miltiades wins Victories in ThraceBattle of the Eurymedon RiverRevolt of NaxosRevolt of ThasosSpartan Earthquake and Third Helot RevoltSparta appeals for help from AbroadMegara allies with Athens instead of the Peloponnesian LeagueBattle fo TanagraLong Walls built around this timePericles' Citizenship Law30 Years Peace brokered between Sparta and AthensAthens loses Boetia to local revolt, Sparta invadesColony at Amphipolis foundedBrea Colony foundedHiero fights the Etruscans in Southern ItalyDeath of HieroDefeat of the SiculiRevolt of SamosBattle of SphacteriaRevolt of MytileneSiege of AmphipolisPeace of NiciasTreaty Abandoned; War ResumesAlliances formed and renewedDestruction of MelosAgis II builds a fort at DecaleaOligarchic Coup in AthensBattle of HellespontSpartan Victory at NotiumBattle of ArginusaeBattle of AigospotamoiSiege of AthensBirth of XenophonThe Trial of SocratesDarius II DiesCorinthian War BeginsThe King's PeaceBattle of CnidusDestruction of Spartan PlataiaBattle of LeuctraLiberation of Messenia, Creation of the city of MessenePeace Between Sparta and ThebesBattle of MantineaArtaxerses II DiesPhilip II Takes the Macedonian ThroneMacedonian Truce with AthensTreaty With EpirusConquest of OlynthosPhilip Intervenes in ThessalyPeace of PhilocratesMacedon gains the
place and vote of Phocis in
the AmphictyonyUnsuccessful sieges of
Byzantium and Perinthus by
Philip IIBattle of ChaeroneaThe Assasination of Philip IIAscension of AlexanderAlexander and the
Greeks; the destruction of ThebesThe expedition departsAlexander Campaigns in Asia MinorVisit to TroyBattle of the GranicusSiege of HalicarnassusAlexander visits GordiaBattle of IssusBattle of Guagemela (Arbela)Alexander Returns HomeEntry into BabylonThe Destruction of PersepolisDeath of Alexander the GreatRevolt of Greek CitiesAllies Defeated at Lamia in ThessalyPolyperchon, Olympius and the king of Epirus seize MacedonAlexander IV KilledSiege of SalamisCleopatra KilledBattle of IpsusReturn of Demetrius "The Besieger" in Athens and MacedonConquest of Macedon by LysimachusBattle of CuropediumDefeat of Pyrrhus at BeneventumTaras Surrenders to RomeAlexandria FoundedSparta loses the Battle of Sellasia, Briefly OccupiedPhilip V Crowned Antigonid KingZeno of Citium BornDefense of DelphiAratus of Sicyon Captures CorinthPeace with Antigonos IIAchaean WarPhilip V leads a new panhellenic alliance against the Aeotolian LeaguneRome Conquers Greek colonies in IllyriaIllyria officially becomes a roman client kingdomBattle of CynoscephalaeBattle of PydnaPolybius of Megalopolis BornPhilétaerus abandons Lysimachus and allies Seleucus IBattle of CorupediumTreaty of ApemeaStart of the New Roman province of "Asia"Attilos III dies without heirs, leaving the Attalid kingdom to RomeDefeat of Mithridates VI by PompeyFailed Roman InvasionAsiatic VespersArrival of 5 Legions in GreeceSack of AthensDeath of Mithridates VIPompey arrives in AntiochThe Rosetta Stone Dates to This PeriodBattle of ActiumOctavian Conquers EgyptSeleucid empire FoundedPeriods
The Bronze AgeThe Iron AgeThe Archaic PeriodMycenaean CivilizationMinoan Culture GroupCypriot Culture GroupGreek Colonisation around the MediterreaneanTraditional Dates for the Spartan conquest of Messenia, and likely War with ArgosFirst Helot RevoltPeloponessian League FoundedSpartan expansion into the Euratos
ValleyAthens Gains Control over AtticaReforms of CleisthenesIntermittant Tyranny In Athens By PisastratusPisistratus Temporarily captures the port of MegaraAn example of a time spanSecond Persian InvasionThe Ionian RevoltRule of Cyrus II the GreatRule of CambysesRule of DariusRule of Xerxes IThe PentecontaetiaRule of PericlesAthens sends an expedition to
Cyprus and EgyptPeloponnesian WarClassical PeriodThe Sicilian ExpeditionThirty Tyrants of AthensExpedition of the 10000The Spartan EmpireTheban Success against SpartaFirst Boetian LeagueSecond Boiotian LeagueThird Boiotian League2nd Athenian LeagueGreat Satraps RevoltThe Social WarSieges in "PhoeniciaConquest of Bactria, Sogdiana, and other
regionsExpedition to the valley of the IndusReign of Alexander the Great of MacedonReign of Philip II of MacedonHellenistic GreeceFirst war of the SuccessorsSecond war of the SuccessorsThird War of the SuccessorsFourth War of the SuccessorsGalatian InvasionsPyrrhic WarsResurgence of SpartaFirst Roman-Macedonian WarSecond Roman-Macedonian WarThird Roman-Macedonian WarThe Rise of the Attalid KingdomRoman-Seleucid WarThe Partition of Asia MinorRule of Attilos IIIThe Kingdom of PontusMithradic WarsReign of Cleopatra VII
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