History
Ancient Greece
Timeline
776 BC
The first
Olympic
games
490 BC
440’s BC
Greeks defeat
Persian invaders
at the battle of
Marathon.
Greek theatre thrives
in Athens. Many of the
most famous Greek
plays are written.
431 BC – 404 BC
War between Athens
and Sparta.
0 AD
455 AD
Jesus
Christ was
born
End of Roman
empire.
2013 AD
750 BC
450 BC
432 BC
404 BC
146 BC
1896 AD
Homer writes
the epics the
Iliad and the
Odyssey.
Athens
becomes a
very powerful
city and
controls an
empire!
The Parthenon in
Athens is
finished being
built.
Sparta defeats
Athens.
Romans conquer
Greece. End of Greek
empire.
Modern
Olympic games
begin.
History
Ancient Greece
Timeline
440’s BC
776 BC
Greek theatre thrives
in Athens. Many of the
most famous Greek
plays are written.
The first
Olympic
games
750 BC
Homer
writes the
Iliad and the
Odyssey.
450 BC
Athens
becomes a
very powerful
city and
controls an
empire!
431 BC – 404 BC
War between Athens
and Sparta.
0 AD
455 AD
Jesus
Christ was
born
End of Roman
empire.
2013 AD
404 BC
1896 AD
Sparta defeats
Athens.
Modern
Olympic games
begin.
490 BC
432 BC
490 BC
432 BC
Greeks defeat
Persian invaders
at the battle of
Marathon.
The Parthenon in
Athens is
finished being
built.
Greeks defeat
Persian invaders
at the battle of
Marathon.
The Parthenon in
Athens is
finished being
built.
146 BC
146 BC
Romans conquer
Greece. End of Greek
empire.
Romans conquer
Greece. End of Greek
empire.
490 BC
432 BC
Greeks defeat
Persian invaders
at the battle of
Marathon.
The Parthenon in
Athens is
finished being
built.
146 BC
Romans conquer
Greece. End of Greek
empire.
490 BC
Greeks defeat
Persian invaders
at the battle of
Marathon.
432 BC
The Parthenon in
Athens is
finished being
built.
146 BC
Romans conquer
Greece. End of Greek
empire.