Important Dates Flashcards
Trojan War
1250 BCE
Iron (Dark) Age
1100-750 BCE
The age of Homer
First Olympic Games
776 BCE
Archaic Period
750-480 BCE
Classical Period
480-323 BCE
death of Alexander the Great
323 BCE
Hellenistic Period
323-30 BCE
spread of Greek culture; Greek ruling class; Greek language; rise of cosmopolitan cities (e.g. Alexandria; Antioch; Pergamum; Athens); rhetoric becomes chief tool of education esp. in cities of Greek Asia (e.g. Rhodes)
323-279 BCE
legendary founding of Rome by Romulus
753 BCE
Rome: rise of the republic
753-30 BCE
Rome is ruled by a monarchy. the 7 kings - some Etruscan - elected by people & advised by senate of elders
753-510 BCE
Greece is conquered and becomes a Roman province.
Carthage is conquered and razed to the ground.
146 BCE
death of Caesar
44 BCE
death of Cicero
43 BCE
Octavian becomes emperor (Augustus)
30 BCE
