Events
Destruction of Mycenaean civilization and its major citiesFirst Olympic gamesHomerus - Iliad & OdysseyHesiod - TheogeniaGreek Tyrants come into powerAthens develops first democracyAeschylus - OresteiaA plague kills 25% of the populationThucydides - The History of the Peleponnesian WarSocrates put to death for corrupting Athenian youthPlato - RepublicPlato - SymposiumPlato founds the academyBattle of Leuctra, end of Spartan dominanceAlexander the Great becomes kingEuclid - ElementsAlexander the Great diesAthens is burned in response to a Greek revoltVirgil - AeneadOvid - MetamorphosesCelsus - On the True DoctrineOrigen - Contra CelsumPeriods
Bronze AgeIron AgeTrojan warClassical
AntiquityPeloponnesian warPersian warsGolden Age under PericlesEuripides - various playsAlexander the Great conquers Persia and EgyptRoman EmpireByzantine Empire
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