This section has two timelines. The first shows details of the period from 800 BC until the end of the Greek empire in 146 BC.
The second timeline shows the period from 1000 BC to the present day.
776 BC
The first Olympic games.
about 750 BC
Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics 'The Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.
650 - 580 BC
Corinth is ruled by the tyrant Kypselos and then his son Periander.
508 BC
Democracy begins in Athens
490 and 480 BC
Greeks defeat Persian invaders at the battles of Marathon (490 BC)and Salamis (480 BC).
by 450 BC
Athens becomes a very powerful city, and controls an empire.
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
432 BC
The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.
431 - 404 BC
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.
776 BC
650 - 580 BC
490 and 480 BC
472 - 410 BC
432 BC
