Greek timeline - Primary Resources



Greek timeline

Greek timeline

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776 BC

The first Olympic games

750 BC

Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey.

490 BC

Greeks defeat Persian invades at the battle of Marathon.

450 BC

Athens becomes a very powerful city and controls an empire!

440’s BC

Greek theatre thrives in Athens. Many of the most famous Greek plays are written.

432 BC

The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.

431 BC – 404 BC

War between Athens and Sparta.

404 BC

Sparta defeats Athens.

146 BC

Romans conquer Greece. End of Greek empire.

0 AD

Jesus Christ was born

455 AD

End of Roman empire.

1896 AD

Modern Olympic games begin.

2006 AD

PRESENT DAY.

404 BC

Sparta defeats Athens.

432 BC

The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.

432 BC

The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.

490 BC

Greeks defeat Persian invades at the battle of Marathon.

450 BC

Athens becomes a very powerful city and controls an empire!

404 BC

Sparta defeats Athens.

450 BC

Athens becomes a very powerful city and controls an empire!

490 BC

Greeks defeat Persian invades at the battle of Marathon.

431 BC – 404 BC

War between Athens and Sparta.

440’s BC

Greek theatre thrives in Athens. Many of the most famous Greek plays are written.

776 BC

The first Olympic games

0 AD

Jesus Christ was born

455 AD

End of Roman empire.

2006 AD

PRESENT DAY.

1896 AD

Modern Olympic games begin.

146 BC

Romans conquer Greece. End of Greek empire.

750 BC

Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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