Dates Pt. 2

Question 1

Periander, son of Cypselus, becomes tyrant in Corinth

Answer 1

637 BCE

Question 2

The attempted coup of Cylon is foiled by the treachery of Megacles the Alcmaeonid. First datable event in Athenian history

Answer 2

632 BCE

Question 3

Battus of Thera founds Cyrene

Answer 3

630 BCE

Question 4

Law code of Draco promulgated in Athens

Answer 4

621 BCE

Question 5

Miletus “founds” Naucratis in Egypt

Answer 5

610 BCE

Question 6

Probably the time at which Sparta began adopting the Lycurgan system; development of Latin script; Massilia founded by Phocaeans

Answer 6

600 BCE

Question 7

Traditional date for Solon’s legal reform in Athens (seisachthea)

Answer 7

594 BCE

Question 8

Kirrha destroyed at the end of the ten year First Sacred War (if it happened); Tyre falls to Babylon, Carthage probably fully independent thereafter.

Answer 8

585 BCE

Question 9

Foundation of the Pythian and Isthmian Games

Answer 9

582 BCE

Question 10

Foundation of the Nemean Games

Answer 10

573 BCE

Question 11

first tyranny of Pisistratus

Answer 11

561/0 BCE

Question 12

Croesus of Lydia conquers most of the Ionian city-states

Answer 12

560 BCE

Question 13

Cyrus takes the throne of Anshan

Answer 13

559 BCE

Question 14

Pisistratus’s first exile

Answer 14

556/5 BCE

Question 15

Cyrus the Great conquers the Medes, founding the Persian Empire; the Forum Inscription on the Lapis Niger is made, the oldest surviving piece of Latin

Answer 15

550 BCE

Question 16

Second Pisistrataean tyranny, P. allies with Megacles the Alcmaeonid

Answer 16

550/49 BCE

Question 17

Persians under Cyrus capture Sardis, defeating Croesus of Lydia.

Answer 17

547 BCE

Question 18

Traditional date for the B. of Thyrea between Sparta and Argos.

Answer 18

546 BCE

Question 19

Harpagus subdues the Greek cities in Ionia for the Persians.

Answer 19

545 BCE

Question 20

Second Pisistrataean exile.

Answer 20

544/3 BCE

Question 21

Cyrus takes Babylon.

Answer 21

539 BCE

Question 22

Third Pisistrataean tyranny.

Answer 22

534/3 BCE

Question 23

Cyrus is killed in battle. Cambyses king of Persia.

Answer 23

530 BCE

Question 24

Pisistratus dies. His sons Hipparchus and Hippias succeed him.

Answer 24

528/527 BCE

Question 25

Cambyses conquers Egypt.

Answer 25

525 BCE

Question 26

Cambyses dies in Syria. The “Revolt of the Magi” put down. Darius king.

Answer 26

522 BCE

Question 27

Polycrates, the pirate-lord of Samos, killed by Persian treachery. The island falls to the Persians in 515.

Answer 27

517 BCE

Question 28

Hippias appoints Miltiades ruler of Chersonese.

Answer 28

516 BCE

Question 29

Hipparchus is slain by Harmodius and Aristogeiton.

Answer 29

514 BCE

Question 30

Darius’ failed Scythian campaign. Thrace subdued by the Persians over the next three years.

Answer 30

513 BCE

Question 31

At the behest of the Pythia (with some Alcmeonid encouragement), the Spartan king Cleomenes drives Hippias out of Athens. Hippias flees to Persia.

Answer 31

510 BCE