A Timeline of Ancient Greece
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Before
500 B.C.
500-323
BC CLASSICAL PERIOD
Interest in literature, artwork, architecture,
philosophy, and politics surges during this time
period. Athens
is the hub of activity throughout the
Mediterranean.
490-479 BC
GREEK Persian
Wars.
490 BC First
Persian War
Athenians defeat Persians at Marathon.
480 BC Second
Persian War
Persian forces led by Xerxes
destroy Athens. Greek forces won a major sea battle
at Salamis.
468 BC
Sophocles
writes his first tragic victory.
461-446 BC
First of the Peloponnesian
Wars
begins between Sparta
and Athens.
441 BC
Euripides
writes his first tragic play.
431-405 BC
Second of the Peloponnesian
Wars
between Sparta
and Athens.
399 BC
Socrates
is tried and executed for his opposition to the
Thirty Tyrants.
386 BC
Plato,
student of Socrates, founds the Academy.
384 BC
Aristotle,
student of Plato, is born.
359 BC
Philip
II
becomes the king of Macedon.
357-356 BC
Social War between Macedon and Athens.
356
BC
Alexander
the Great,
son of Philip II, is born. The temple of
Delphi
is destroyed in the Sacred War.
338 BC
King Philip II defeats Athenians and
Thebans.
336 BC
King Philip II is assassinated, and Alexander the
Great takes throne.
332 BC
Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeats
Persians
at Issus
in 333 BC and is given Egypt by the Persian Satrap.
He builds a capital at Alexandria.
323 BC
Alexander the Great dies at Babylon.
323
B.C. - A.D. 286
