Chronological Order

Late Bronze Age

1600-1200 BCE

Mycenaean shaft graves

1600 BCE

The Trojan War

1250-1225 BCE

Mycenaean palaces burned

1200 BCE

Early Dark Age

1200-900 BCE

Composition of Iliad and Odyssey

750-675 BCE

Overseas colonization to west begins

750 BCE

City-states emerge

750-700 BCE

First Messenian War

730-700 BCE

Evolution of hoplite armour and tactics

700-650 BCE

Lawcode of Dracon at Athens

620 BCE

Pisistratus and sons tyrants at Athens

560-514 BCE

Reforms of Cleisthenes at Athens

507 BCE

Battle of Marathon

490 BCE

Persian Invasion of Greece

480-479 BCE

Foundation of Delian League

477 BCE

Reforms of Ephialtes at Athens

461 BCE

Athenians move treasury to Athens

454 BCE

Pericles’ citizenship law

451 BCE

Construction of Parthenon at Athens

447-432 BCE

Peloponnesian War

431-404 BCE

Death of Pericles

429 BCE

Peace of Nicias

421 BCE

Sicilian Campaign

415-413 BCE

Oligarchic coup at Athens

411-410 BCE

Regime of Thirty Tyrants at Athens

404-403 BCE

Trial and Execution of Socrates

399 BCE

Corinthian War

395-387 BCE

Accession of Philip II

359 BCE

Battle of Chaeronea

338 BCE

Assassination of Philip II

336 BCE

Battle of Gaugamela

331 BCE

Death of Alexander III

323 BCE

Suicide of Cleopatra VII

30 BCE