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Early History
|
| 2000-1400
approx. |
Flourishing
of the Minoan culture in Crete (construction of the palaces). |
| 1700-1200
approx. |
Appearance of
Mycenaean
culture in the Greek mainland. |
|
1250-1050 approx. |
Wide migrations
(major migration, destruction of the Mycenaean centers of power,
Dorian migrations at the end). |
| 1100-800
approx. |
Dark Age. |
| 1050-900
approx. |
Ionian
migrations. |
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Archaic Age
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|
776 |
Start of the
Olympic lists of winners. |
|
770-540 approx. |
Important
colonization: spreading of the Greeks along the western Mediterranean
coast, the north of the Aegean and the Black Sea. |
| 750-650
approx. |
Written
record of the Homeric Epics. |
| 720-600
approx. |
Victory of Sparta
in the two Messenian wars. |
|
around 650 |
First tyranny
in the cities of the strait of Corinth (Corinth, Sikyon, Megara). |
|
around 621 |
Legislation of
Dracon in Athens. |
| 594/93 |
Legislation of
Solon in Athens. |
| 561-510 |
Tyranny of Peisistratos
and
his sons in Athens. |
|
around 545 |
Domination
of the Persians over the Ionians. |
| 510 |
Fall of
the tyranny in Athens with the intervention of Sparta. |
| 508-501 |
The
reforms of
Kleisthene set the basis for the future democracy. |
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Classical Age
|
| 500-494 |
Ionian rebellion. |
| 491-478 |
Tyranny in Gela
and later in Syracuse (Sicily). |
| 490 |
Victory of the
Athenians over the Persians in Marathon. |
| 481 |
Foundation of
the Hellenic Alliance to fight against the huge Persian Empire. |
|
480 |
Defeat of the
Hellenics by the Thermopiles and, in Cape Artemision, evacuation of
Athens and victory of the Greek fleet. In Sicily, victory of the
Gelons over the Carthaginians in Himera. |
| 479 |
Victory of
the Hellenic Alliance army in Plataitai and its fleet in Mykale. |
| 477 |
Founding of the
first Attic Naval Alliance under the leadership of Athens. |
| 478-466 |
Hieron
first tyranny in Syracuse (Sicily). |
|
around 466 |
Victory of
the Athenians over Persian army and fleet in Eurymedon. |
|
around 464 |
Rebellion of the
Heloten (third Messenian war). |
| 462/61 |
Reform of Ephialtes in Athens,
transition to the so-called radical democracy. |
| 460-446 |
First
Peloponnesian war (Athens-Sparta). |
| 460-454 |
Athens'
expedition to Egypt with a terrible defeat. |
| 450 |
Victory of
the Athenian fleet in Salamis in Cyprus. |
| 446 |
30 years armistice between Athens and Sparta. |
| 441-439 |
Samian war. |
| 431-404 |
Peloponnesian
war. |
|
431-421 |
Archidamischer war. |
| 415-413 |
Expedition
of Athens to Sicily. |
| 413-404 |
Dekeleisch - Ionian war. |
| 404-403 |
Complete
defeat of Athens against Spart, rule of the 30,
and reestablishment of democracy. |
| 400-494 |
Sparta
support to the Ionian cities against the Persians. |
| 395-386 |
Corinth
war. |
| 386 |
Peace of
the Antalkidas
or the Kings. |
| 377 |
Foundation of
the second Attic Naval Alliance. |
| 371 |
Victory of Thebe
over Sparta in Leuktra. |
| 371-362 |
Theban hegemony. |
| 369
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Removal of Messenia
from Sparta and foundation of a new own state. |
| 362 |
Battle of Mantineia,
end of the Theban hegemony. |
| 359-336 |
Phillip II
guides Macedonia to the power. |
| 357-355 |
Disintegration of the second Attic Naval Alliance in the war of the
allies. |
| 346 |
Peace
between Athens and Macedonia. |
| 340 |
New
alliance of the Greek states against Macedonia. |
| 338
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Victory of
Macedonia against the allied states. |
|
338/37 |
Foundation
of the Corinthian Alliance under the leadership of Philip II,
planning of a war against the Persians under the guidance of
Macedonia. |
| 336 |
Assassinate of Phillips II, successor Alexander III the Great. |
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Hellenic Age
|
| 334-330 |
Alexander's
campaign to conquer the territories of the great king Dario III. |
| 333 |
Victory in Issos. |
| 331 |
Victory in Gaugamela. |
| 330-327 |
Conquest of
northeastern Satrapy. |
| 327-325 |
Indian
campaign. |
| 323 |
Death of
Alexander in
Babylon. |
| 323-281
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Power
struggles. |
| 323-322 |
The Lamia
war finishes with the naval power of Athens, and temporarily also with
democracy. |
| 306 |
Taking of
the crown by Antigonos, Monophthalmos and Demetrios. |
| 301 |
Antigonos
dies in the battle of Ipsos. |
| 281 |
Seleukos is
assassinated and Lysimachos dies in combat. |
| 267-262 |
Chremonidian
war. |
|
235-222 |
Kleomenes
III king of Sparta: attempt to reform the state and war against the
Archaian Alliance. |
|
215-205 |
Phillip IV
from Macedonia signs an alliance with Hannibal against Rome; first
Macedonian war. |
| 212 |
Roman -
Aetolan Alliance. |
| 200-197 |
Second Macedonian war. |
| 196 |
Roman
declaration of freedom for the Greeks. |
| 192-188 |
War
between Antiochus III and Rome, peace of Apameia. |
| 171-168 |
Third
Macedonian war; division of Macedonia. |
| 148 |
Macedonia
becomes a Roman province. |
|
146 |
War of the
Romans against the Archaian Alliance; destruction of Corinth, Greece
goes under the control of the Romans. |
| 133 |
Attalos
III of Pergamon lets his empire to the Romans. |
| 63 |
The rest
of the empire of Seleucid is conquered by Pomeius. |
|
30 |
Egypt is
annexed to the Roman Empire by Octave; suicide of Cleopatra VII. |
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* All dates refer to
the time Before Christ.
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