Dates Flashcards
1
Q
4000
A
Pelasgians
2
Q
1400-1100
A
Mycenaeans
3
Q
1100
A
Dorian Invasion
4
Q
1582
A
Cecrops founded Athens
5
Q
1313
A
Cadmus founded Thebes
6
Q
2800-1050
A
Bronze Age
7
Q
2400
A
Height of Cretan Power
8
Q
1900
A
Cretan palaces destroyed by earthquakes
9
Q
1250
A
Final destruction of Knossus
10
Q
1287
A
Battle of Cadesh
Between Egyptians and Hittites
11
Q
1900 AD
A
Sir Arthur Evans unearths Knossus
12
Q
1283
A
Pelops arrives in Elis
13
Q
1261
A
Hercules’ born
14
Q
1225
A
Theseus is king of Athens
Unification of Attica
Oedipus is king of Thebes
15
Q
1209
A
Hercules dies
16
Q
1192-1183
A
Trojan War
17
Q
c. 850
A
Homer
18
Q
734
A
Corcyra is founded
19
Q
8th century struggle
First major conflict in Greek history
A
Lelantine War
Between Chalcis and Eretria
20
Q
725-705
A
1st Messenian War
21
Q
640-631
A
2nd Messenian War
22
Q
c. 885
A
Lycurgus rules Sparta
23
Q
c. 620
A
Draco rules Athens
24
Q
462
A
Areopagus does something
25
632
Cylon's plot
26
590
1st Sacred War
27
630
Theagenes becomes tyrant of Megara
28
664
Corinth vs Corcyra
| First recorded naval battle
29
c. 655
Cypselus becomes tyrant of Corinth
30
687-652
Gyges
31
776
Olympic Games founded
32
582
Pythian and Isthmean Games founded
33
576
Nemean Games founded
34
700
Deioces founded Media
35
594
Solon is elected archon
36
556
Pisistratus' first expulsion from Athens
37
550
Pisistratus' return with Phye
38
549
Pisistratus' second expulsion
39
546
Pisistratus' final rise to power
40
527
Pisistratus' death
| Hippias' and Hipparchus' rise to power
41
510
Cleomenes' expels Hippias
42
507
Cleisthenes restores democracy to Athens
43
487-417
Ostracism used
44
540
Polycrates seizes Samos with the aid of his brothers
45
499
Ionian revolt
46
494
Battle of Lade
47
493
Themistocles is elected Archon
48
491
Darius sends envoys
49
490
Battle of Marathon
50
489
Aristides is elected archon
51
487
Militiades secures his downfall
52
485
Darius dies
53
484
Xanthippus is ostracized
54
482
Aristides is ostracized
55
481
Synedrion of Probuloi
56
480
Battle of Artemissium
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Himera
57
479
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Mycale
Siege of Sestos
58
480-430
Pentekontoetia
59
477
Delian League
60
474
Battle of Cyme
61
484-440
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
62
471
Themistocles is ostracized
| Pausanius is starved to death
63
469
Naxos is the first to revolt from the Delian League
64
468
Battle of Eurymedon
| Double land battle
65
464
3rd Messenian War
66
461
Cimon is ostracized
67
454
Delian treasury is moved from Delos to Athens
68
451
Pericles restricts citizenship
69
458
Battle of Aegina
70
457
Battle of Tanagrea
| Battle of Oenophyta
71
446
Thirty years treaty
72
440
Samos revolts from the Delian League
73
415
Protagorus
74
449
2nd Sacred War
| First Peace of Callias
75
431
Sparta declares war on Athens
76
430
Plague in Athens
77
429
Pericles dies
78
428
Massacre at Mytilene barely prevented
79
425
Siege of Sphacteria and Pylos
| Sparta's first surrender
80
424
Battle of Delium
| Socrates saves the life of Alcibiades
81
423
One year's truce
82
422
Battle of Amphipolis
83
421
Peace of Nicias
84
420
Alcibiades chosen strategos
85
418
Battle of Mantinea
86
417
Hyperbolus becomes the last person ostracized
87
416
Massacre at Melos
| "MIGHT MAKES RIGHT"
88
415
Expedition to Syracuse
| Downfall of Alcibiades
89
414
Siege of Syracuse
90
413
Defeat at Syracuse
91
410
Revolt of Four Hundred
92
405
Battle of Aegospotami
93
404
Surrender of Athens
| Rule of Thirty
94
395-386
Corinthian War
95
368
Ariobarzanes initiated a congress at Delphi.
| Sparta wins "tearless battle".
96
364
Pisans and Arcadians invade Olympia during Olympic Truce.
| Battle of Cynoscephalae.
97
401
Persian mercenary expedition.
Battle of Cunaxa.
March of Ten Thousand.
98
398
Lysander secures the kingship of Agesilaus
99
395
Lysander dies
100
394
Battle of Cnidus
| Battle of Coronea
101
387
King's Peace
102
383
Sparta tries to screw with Thebes
103
371
Battle of Leuctra
| Second Peace of Callias
104
374
Jason gained control of Thessaly by winning over Parsalus
105
370
Jason assassinated
106
362
Battle of Mantinea
| Epaminondas dies
107
363
Timotheus recovered Byzantium
108
411
Battle of Syme
109
146
Fall of Corinth due to Rome's conquest of Greece
110
399
Socrates' trial and death
111
398-397
First Punic War
112
392
Second Punic War
113
383-378
Third Punic War
114
378
Second Athenian League
115
368-367
Fourth Punic War
116
355
Chares accuses Timotheus, Iphicrates, and all Athenian generals of deliberate treachery
117
344
Timoleon expels Dionysus and reestablish democracy in Syracuse
118
c. 380
Archelaus of Macedon
119
365
Perdiccas becomes king of Macedon
120
356
Third Sacred War
121
355
Aristotle establishes a school at Lyceum
122
349
Battle of Olynthus
123
338
Battle of Chaeronea
124
336
Philip II is stabbed by Pausanius
| Alexander ascends the throne
125
354-350 & 350-346
Eubulus manages Theoric Fund in Athen
126
334
Battle of Granicus
127
333
Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot
Alexander crowns the tomb of Achilles
Battle of Issus
128
332
Conquest of Syria, Phoenicia, and Egypt
129
331
Battle of Guagamela
130
330
Battle of Persepolis
| Alexander assumes the title of Basileus
131
327
Alexander enters India
132
326
Battle of Hydapses
133
June 13, 323
Alexander dies
134
88
Athens and other city-states revolt against Rome. Sulla crushes the Revolt
135
1879 AD
Schliemann unearths Troy
136
1876 AD
Schliemann unearths Mycenae
137
499-479
Persian Wars
138
431-404
Peloponnesian Wars
139
570
Sparta awards Solon Salamis, instead of Megara
140
585
Thales predicts eclipse of the sun
141
469
Epaminondas frees Messenia from slavery to Sparta
142
407
Alcibiades deposed again
143
287-212
Archimedes
144
1500
Volcanic eruption on Thera
145
351
Demsothenes gives his first Philippic
146
3000-1400
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