Timeline of ancient Greece

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This is a timeline of Ancient Greece from its emergence around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Empire in 146 BC.

For earlier times, see Greek Dark Ages, Aegean civilizations and Mycenaean Greece. For later times see Roman Greece, Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Greece.

For modern Greece after 1820, see Timeline of modern Greek history.

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Archaic Greece

Archaic Period (800 BC - 481 BC).

• 777: Cumae is founded by Chalcis
• 776 Traditional date for the first historic Olympic games.
• 757 The First Messenian War starts. (Date disputed by Jerome, Pausanias and Diodorus; this estimate is based on a reading of Diodorus' Spartan king lists and Pausanias' description of the war).
• 757 Athens: Office of Archon reduced to 10 years. Members of the ruling family to possess the office starting with Charops. (Dating based on Pausanias).
• 756 Kyzikus is settled by Ionians
• 754 Polydorus becomes king of Sparta.
• 743 Rhegion is founded by Euboeans
• 740 Zancle is founded by Euboeans
• 738 Alternate date for the end of the first Messenian war.
• 737 Rhegion and Zancle join in union under Zancle
• 735 Perdiccas I of Macedon flees from Argos to Macedonia and conquers the land.
• 734 Polydorus sends colonists to Italy.
• 734 Syracuse is founded by Korinthians and Teneans
• 733 Naxos (Sicily) is founded by Euboeans
• 733 Troliton is founded by Megarans
• 732 Euboea splits between Chalcis and Eretria due to disputes
• 731 Sigeion is founded by Mytilene
• 731 Catania is founded by Chalcidians
• 730 Kerkyra is founded by Korinthians
• 730 Leontini is founded by Naxos and controlled by the tyrant Euarchus
• 730 Troliton is abandoned and settlers settled in Leontini
• 728 Troliton settlers are ostracized from Leontini and settle Thapsos
• 727-717 Hippomenes, archon of Athens, kills his daughter's adulterer by yoking him to his chariot and then locks his daughter in with a horse until she dies. (Pausanias and Aristotle).
• c. 725 Lelantine War between Chalcis and Eretria. Many Greek cities are allied with one or the other. Dates before this time uncertain.
• 725 Thapsos abandoned and Megara Hyblaea is settled by the Thapsos settlers
• 720 Korinth removes the Liburnians from Kerkyra
• 720: Sybaris is founded by Achaeans from Helice
• 719 Polydorus, King of Sparta, is murdered by Polymarchus.
• 716 Mylae is founded and annexed by Zancle
• 716 According to legend: The reign of the Heraklids over Lydia is ended when Candaules, known as Myrsilus to the Greeks, is murdered by Gyges because of his wife's anger.
• 715 Lydia annexes Colophon and Magnesia and sieges Smyrna
• 712 Lydia abandons the siege of Smyrna and annexes parts of Troad and Sipylus
• 712 Korinth annexes Perachora peninsula from Megara
• 709 Kroton is founded by Achaeans
• 707 Taras is founded by Dorians
• 705 Hybla Minor is annexed by Megara Hyblaea
• 704: Korinth gives Samos 4 ships
• 700 Phaselis is founded by Rodians
• 700 Erythra is annexed by Rhegion
• 699 Metapontion is founded by Kroton and Sybaris
• 698 Euarchus is overthrown by Leontini
• 696 Lefkandi is occupied by Chalcis
• 695 Polieum is founded by Ionians
• 691 Antandrus is founded and annexed by Mytilene
• 690 Pheidon becomes tyrant of Argos.
• 689 Gela is founded by Cretans and Rodians
• 688 Arisba is annexed by Methymna and Mytilene declares war on Methymna
• 687 Annual office of Archon established in Athens. Any Athenian citizen can be elected to the office if they have the qualifications. Creon elected first annual archon. (Dating based on Pausanias).
• 686 Methymna is annexed by Mytilene
• 686 Megara gains independence from Korinth
• 685 The second Messenian war begins.
• 685 Chalcedon is founded by Megarans
• 680: Epizephyrian Lokros is founded by Opos
• 676 Pergamon is founded by Ionians
• 674: Karystus is occupied by Korinth
• 672 Abydos is settled by Miletus
• 671 Melia is destroyed by Samos and Priene, Samos builds Fort Carium to replace it and Samos and Priene split Melia
• 670 Miletus is sieged by Lydia, Priene is annexed by Lydia, Samos annexes former Melian terroritory
• 669 or 668 Battle of Hysiae
• 668 Lydia abandons siege of Mietus
• 667 Byzantium is founded by Korinthians
• 665 The second Messenian war ends.
• 664 Akrai is founded and annexed by Syracuse
• 645-560 Spartan wars with Tegea all unsuccessful.
• 657 Cypselus subjects Corinth to tyranny.
• 655 Akanthus and Stageira are founded by Androsi
• 654 Abdera is founded by Klazomenaites
• 652 Ephesus and Priene are sacked by Cimmerians
• 651 Levantine War ends, Chalcis wins and annexes Levantine Plain
• 650 Andros, Kea and Tenos gain independece from Eretria, Cypselus leaves Karystus
• 650 Syracuse annexes Pantalica
• 648 Himera is founded by Zancleans
• 643: Kasmenai is founded and annexed by Syracuse
• 634 Tripolis (? Which one)is founded by Samos
• 633 Ambrakia founded by Tyrant Gorgus and Korinthians
• 632 Cylon, Athenian noble, seizes Acropolis and tries unsuccessfully to make himself king
• 631 Battus establishes a Greek colony in Cyrene in Libya.
• 630 Helorus is founded and annexed by Syracuse
• 630 Formal pederasty is introduced, first in Crete, as a means of population control and an educational modality.
• 628 Selinus is founded by Hyblaea Megarans
• 627 Epidamos is founded by Kerkyreans
• 627 Cypselus is succeeded by Periander
• 621 Draco, Athenian lawgiver, issues code of laws, with many crimes punishable by death.
• 621 Epidaurus is annexed by Korinth
• 619 Herbessus is annexed by Syracuse
• 616 Miletus is sieged by Lydia
• 615 Leontini is overthrown by Panaetius
• 612 Miletus is overthrown by Thrasybulos
• 609 Panaetius is oust by Leontini
• 606 Gorgus is succeeded by Periander
• 604 Lydia abandons the Siege of Miletus
• 603 Athenai annexes Sigeion
• 601 Miletus and Korinth become allies
• 600 Segesta is hellenized by Ionians
• 598 Akrillai is founded and annexed by Syracuse
• 598 Kamarina is founded and annexed by Syracuse
• 597 Delphi gains independece from Kirrha
• 596 Paleopoli is founded by Samosi
• 595 Salamis is annexed by Athens
• 594 Kirrha is sieged by Amphictyonic League
• 594 Solon, Athenian statesman, becomes Archon pre-582BCE (cf. ML6 and Plutarch Sol. 14)--later, when member of the Areopagus is appointed to effect social reforms in order to preserve order in Athens, which include the abolition of the security of debts on a debtor's person (Aristotle Ath. Pol. 6), returning exiled Athenian slaves (Solon fr. 4 in Ath. Pol. 12), changing the value of weights and measures to the Korinthian standard, prohibiting the export of grain from Attica and encouraging the planting of olives (Plut. Sol. 22-4), established the property classes (Ar. Ath. Pol. 7) and the council of 400 (Ar. Ath. Pol. 8).
• 592 Ephesus is sieged by Persia
• 590 Siege of Ephesus is abandoned, Lydia annexes Smyrna and Median-Lydian war starts
• 590 Muorica (Renamed Modica) is annexed by Syracuse
• 590 Sappho, Greek poet, flourishes on island of Lesbos.
• 589 Klazomenai is sieged by Lydia
• 588 Poseidonia is founded by Sybaris
• 587 Siege of Klazomenai is abandoned by Lydia
• 586 Plataea gains independence from Thebai
• 585 Kirrha is destroyed
• 585 Lydian-Median border set at Halys River
• 585 The philosopher Thales of Miletus predicts a solar eclipse that occurs during the Battle of Halys.
• 585 Periander is overthrown by Psammetichus
• 583 Psammetichus is overthrown by Korinth
• 582 Akragas is founded by Gelans
• 581 Selinus attacks Motya
• 581 Korinth join the Peloponnesian League
• 580 Selinus is defeated by Carthage and withdraws from Motya
• 580 Periander is overthrown by democrats in Ambrakia
• 580 Elis joins the Peloponnesian League
• 580 Lipari is founded by Knidosi
• 578 Thrasybulos dies
• 572 Pisa and Olympia is annexed by Elis
• 570 Akragas is overthrown by Phalaris
• 569 Pythagoras is born.
• 565 Peisistratos, Athenian general, organizes Diakrioi, party of poor people.

Late Archaic Period

• 561 Peisistratos takes power in Athens for first time.
• 560 Ephesus is sieged by Lydia
• 560 Phalaris annexes Himera
• 559 Ephesus is annexed by Lydia
• 559-550 Lydia annexes Aeolis and Ionia
• 559 Achilleion is founded and annexed by Mytilene
• 557 Argos is overthrown by Perilaus
• 556 Phlius is overthrown by Leo
• 555 Peisistratos driven out by Lycurgus who is commander of nobles.
• 555 Miltiades I unites Thracian Chernessos under his rule
• 554 Phalaris is overthrown by Akragas and Himera gains independece
• 553 Kamarina declares independence from Syracuse
• 552 Kamarina is annexed by Syracuse
• 551 Telemachus overthrows Akragas
• 550 Minoa is founded by Selinus
• 550 Miltiades II is born
• 549 Peisistratos restored by help of Megacles.
• 549 Boeotian League is founded
• 548 Lesbos sieges Sigeion
• 547 Athens repulses the Lesbans and Sigeion (Now ruled by Hegesistratos) becomes an Athenian vassal
• 546 Sparta annexes Kynouria, Thyrea and Kythera from Argos
• 546 Croesus, rich king of Lydia, captured at Sardis by Persians.
• 545 Miletus is overthrown by Molpagoras
• 544 Abdera starts its Golden Age
• 542 Peisistratos expelled, makes fortune from Thracian mines.
• 541 Telemachus is overthrown by Alcamenes
• 540 Selinus is overthrown by Theron
• 538 Sybaris annexes Siris
• 538 Samos is overthrown by Polycrates
• 536 Samos annexes South Mycale from Miletus
• 535 Perilaus dies
• 532 Croton is overthrown by Cylonius
• 532 Peisistratos restored by Thessaly and Lygdamis of Naxos.
• 531 Ikaria is annexed by Samos
• 530 Emporion becomes a Carthaginian vassal
• 530 Maktorion is founded by exiled Gelans
• 530 Tegea joins the Peloponnesian League
• 529 Leo dies
• 528 Maktorion is abandoned and the settlers move to Gela
• 527 Peisistratos dies, succeeded by sons Hippias and Hipparchus.
• 527 Rineia and Delos are annexed by Samos
• 526 Cylonius is overthrwon by Kroton
• 525 Netum is annexed by Syracuse
• 525 Persian Cambyses II, son of Cyrus the Great takes Egypt.
• 524 Samos annexes Donousa
• 523 Chalcedon is annexed by Persian Empire
• 522 Polycrates is overthrown by Samos
• 520 Peithagoras overthrows Theron
• 519 Plataea leaves the Boeotian League and is sieged by the later
• 519 Miltiades is overthrown by Stesagoras
• 519 Abydos declares independece from Stesagoras and is lead by the Persian Tyrant Daphnis
• 518 Athens repulses the Boeotians from Plataea
• 517 Sybaris is overthrown by Telys
• 516 Miltiades II an Athenian Tyrant succeeds Stesagoras and reincorporates Abydos
• 516 Cassaibile is annexed by Syracuse
• 515 Molpagoras is succeeded by Histiaeos
• 515 Hippias becomes sole ruler after the death of Hipparchus.
• 514 Tenedos, Lesbos and Abydos is annexed by Persian Empire
• 513 Miltiades II defects from Athens to Persia
• 513 Myrcinos is founded by Ionians
• 513 Persia annexes Thrace (Region)
• 513 Leptis Magna is founded by Spartans
• 512 Antandrus is annexed by Persian Empire
• 511 Piraeus is founded and annexed by Athens
• 511 Thracian Chernessos is annexed by Persian Empire
• 510 Kroton annexes Sybaris and overthrows Telys
• 510 Pythagoras establishes his own school.
• 510 Peithagoras is overthrown by Euryleon
• 510 Minoa is renamed Heraclea Minoa
• 510 Leptis Magna is annexed by Carthage
• 508 Andros and Naxos are annexed by Persian Empire
• 508 Hippias is forced to leave Athens.
• 507 Plataea is sieged by Boeotian League
• 507 Cleisthenes, Greek reformer, takes power, increases democracy.
• 506 Boeotian League is repulsed from Plataea by Athens
• 506 Cumae is overthrown by Aristodemus
• 506 Alcamenes is overthrown by Alcandros
• 506 Levantine Plain is annexed by Athenai
• 505 Hegesistratos dies
• 505 Cleander overthrows Gela
• 504 Cleinias overthrows Croton
• 504 Taras defeats the Iapygians
• 503 Naxos declares independence from the Persian Empire
• 502 Euryleon is overthrown by Selinus
• 500 Pythagoras dies in Crotona, Italy, when he was in Metapontum.
• 500 Heraclea Minoa is sacked by Carthage
• 500 Morgantina and Centuripe are hellenized and Licodia is founded by Leontini
• 499 Miletus sieges Naxos
• 499 Alcandros is overthrown by Akragas
• 499 Ionian Revolt starts
• 499 Éphesos, Klazomenai, Míl?tos, Myus, Chios, Samos, Mytilene, Mylasa, Termera, Kyme and Priene declare independence from Persian Empire
• 498 Cyprus (Except Amathos), Caria, Paesos, Abydos, Cios, Percote, Lampsakos, Myrcinos, Tenedos, Dardanos, and Byzantium declare independence from Persian Empire
• 498 Amathos is sieged by Cyprus
• 498 Cleander is overthrown by Hippocrates
• 498 Hippocrates vassalized Leontini and puts Aenesidemus as tyrant
• 498 Licodia is annexed by Syracuse
• 497 Eion is sieged by Athens
• 497 Dardanos, Myrcinos, Abydos, Kyme, Klazomenai, Percote, Lampsakos, Cyprus, Cios and Paesos are reannexed by Persian Empire
• 497 Catania is vassalized by Hippocrates and Deinmenes is put in charge as tyrant
• 497 Persian Empire occupies all Carian land north of Pedasos (Carian)
• 496 Byzantium is overthrown by Histiaeos
• 496 Myrcinos is reannexed by the Persian Empire
• 496 Athenian Tyrant Miltiades II annexes Thracian Chernessos
• 496 Naxos is vassalized by Hippocrates
• 495 Cleinias dies
• 494 Rhegium is overthrown by Anaxilas
• 494 Zancle is vassalized by Hippocrates and Scythes put in chage
• 494 Priene and Miletus are annexed by Persian Empire
• 493 Byzantium sieges Thasus
• 493 Ionian revolt crushed
• 493 Zancle is annexed by Samian refugees and renamed Messene
• 493 Zancle is annexed by Rhegion
• 492 Kamarina (Now rebuilt) and Ergezio (it) are vassalized by Hippocrates
• 492 Abdera and Thracian Chernessos are annexed by the Persian Empire
• 491 Hippocrates is overthrown by Gelon
• 491 Fort Scyllaeum is founded by Rhegion
• 490 Aristodemus dies
• 490 Themistocles and Miltiades, Athenians, defeat Darius at Marathon, Phidippides runs with news.
• 490 Taras defeats the Iapygians in battle
• 488 Akragas is overthrown by Theron
• 486 Himera is overthrown by Terillus
• 485 Gelon annexes Syracuse (Except Kamarina and Licodia), Gela is given to Hieron
• 484 Kamarina is destroyed by Gelon
• 483 Megara Hyblaea and Licodia are destroyed by Gelon
• 483 Theron puts his son Thrasydaeus in charge of Himera as his vassal
• 484 Aeschylus, Athenian playwright wins his first victory at the City Dionysia.
• 481 Andros, Aegina and Akanthus among many other Greek Poleis declare allegience to Persia
• 481 The remaining Greek Poleis form the Hellenic League to fight against the Persian Empire

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Classical Greece

Classical period (480 BC - 323 BC).

• 480 Aegina is impressed into the Hellenic League
• 480 Emporion ousts Carthaginian influences
• 480 Leonidas, Spartan, sacrifices 300 Spartan soldiers at the Battle of Thermopylae so main force can escape; Xerxes son of Darius is commanding the Persians.
• 480 Simultaneous with Thermopylae, the Greeks and Persians fight to a draw in the naval Battle of Artemisium.
• 480 Boeotia, Attica and Phocis are occupied by Persia
• 480 Battle of Salamis: Themistocles, Athenian general, lures Persians into Bay of Salamis, Xerxes loses and goes home, leaves behind Mardonius.
• 480 Possibly simultaneous with the Battle of Salamis, Battle of Himera between Carthage and Akragas (Theron)-Syracuse (Gelon)-Himera (Thrasydaeus)
• 479 Pausanias, Greek general routs Mardonius at the Battle of Plataea.
• 479 Battle of Mycale
• 479 Many Greek cities in Persia begin to declare independence
• 479 Athens annexes Tenedos
• 479 Sestos is sieged by Athens
• 479 Boeotian League is dissolved by Hellenic League
• 479 Sicel Ducetius overthrows Miniu
• 478 Byzantium is sieged by Athens
• 478 Delian League is founded by Athens and is soon joined by Ionia, Doris, Aeolis, Andros, Aenea, Akanthos, Samos, Chalcis, Eretria, Chios, Methymna, Chalkidiki, Mutil?n?, Sigeion, Éphesos and many others
• 478 Gelon dies and is succeeded by Hieron, Polyzelos is put in control of Gela
• 477 The Persian Empire abandons Europe except Doriskus and Eion
• 477 Chalcedon, Byzantium, Carystus, Ainos, Perinthos and others join the Delian League
• 477 Andros is turned into an Athenian cleurchy
• 476 Micythus becomes Tyrant of Rhegion after Anaxilas' death
• 476 Catania is split between Hieron and Ducetius, Catania is renamed Aetna, settled by Dorians and ruled by the Tyrant Deinmenes II
• 476 Taras allies with Rhegion to protect themselves from the Iapygians, but later lose to them in battle
• 476 Himera is settled by Doric colonists
• 476 Sybaris declares independence from Kroton
• 476-462 Cimon elected general each year
• 475 Sybaris is annexed by Kroton
• 475 Abdera and Eion join the Delian League
• 475 Skyros is annexed by Athens
• 474 Battle of Cumae
• 474 Hieron occupies the Parthenopean Islands
• 474 Pindar, Greek poet relocates to Thebes (in Greece) from court at Syracuse.
• 473 Taras is defeated by the Iapygians
• 472 Thrasydaeus annexes Akragas after death of Theron
• 471 Naxos leaves the Delian League and is subsequently sieged by Athens
• 471 Themistocles ostracized.
• 470 Naxos is impressed into the Delian League
• 470 Ducetius annexes Ergezio
• 470 Hieron leaves the Parthenopean Islands which are annexed by Neapolis afterwards
• 469 Illios is annexed by Mytilene
• 469 Klazomenai, Phaselis, Aspendos, Doris and Priene join the Delian League
• 468 Thrasydaeus is overthrown by Akragas
• 468 Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for Athenian Prize for drama.
• 467 Micythus steps down to Leophron
• 466 Taras is defeated by the Iapygians
• 466 Taras' monarchy is overthrown by democrats
• 466 Thrasybulos succeeds Hieron
• 465 Thasus leaves the Delian League and is sieged by Athens
• 465 Abydos and Troad join the Delian League
• 465 Thracian Chernessos is annexed by Athens
• 465 Deinmenes II, Aenesidemus, Thrasybulos and Polyzelos are overthrown by their respective cities
• 463 Thasus is impressed into the Delian League
• 462 Megara leaves the Peloponnesian League
• 461 Catania, Naxos and Catania declare independence from Syracuse, Dorian settlers are removed from Catania
• 461 Kamarina is refounded under the Tyranny of Psaumis
• 461 Cimon ostracized.
• 461 Messene and Rhegion separate and oust Leophron
• 460 Taras defeats the Iapygians
• 460 Aetna is founded
• 460 First Peloponnesian War Starts
• 459 Aegina is sieged by Athens
• 459: Morgantina is annexed by Ducetius
• 458 Imbros is annexed by Athens
• 457 Aegina is impressed into the Delian League
• 457 Delphi is annexed by Phocis
• 457 Pericles, Athenian statesman begins Golden Age, he was taught by Anaxagoras, who believed in dualistic Universe and atoms.
• 457 Boeotia (Except Thebes), Phocis and Locris join the Delian League
• 456 Gythium is raided by Athens
• 456 Castrugiuvanni (Enna) join Ducetius
• 456 Aeschylus dies.
• 455 Nafpaktos is impressed into the Delian League
• 454 Abacaenum is annexed by Ducetius
• 453 Palike is founded by Ducetius
• 452 Akragas and Aetna are annexed by Ducetius, Ducetius sieges Motyon
• 452 Nea Sybaris is founded by Sybarites
• 451 Athens sieges Kition
• 451 Motyon is occupied by Ducetius
• 450 Ustica is annexed by Carthage
• 450 Akragas and Motyon are liberated from Ducetius starting a decades long conflict between Syracuse+friends and the Sicels
• 449 Delphi declares independence from Phocis
• 449 Ducetius abandons the Sicel Federation he created and is forced to go into exile at Korinth
• 449 Morgantina is annexed Syracuse
• 449 Herodotus, Greek Historian, writes History of Greco-Persian War from 490-479.
• 448 Delphi is annexed by Phocis
• 448 Ictinus and Callicrates, Greek architects, rebuild Acropolis from Persian destruction.
• 447 Nea Sybaris is annexed by Kroton
• 447 Chalcis leaves the Delian League and is sieged by Athens
• 446 Phocis, Locris and Boeotia leave the Delian League, Boeotia unites into the Boeotian League and joins the Peloponnesian League
• 446 Megara joins the Peloponnesian League
• 446 Kale Akte is founded by Ducetius
• 446 Achaea and Trozen leave the Peloponnesian League and join the Delian League
• 446 Chalcis is impressed into the Delian League
• 445 First Peloponnesian War Ends
• 443 Thurii is founded by Sybarites and Various Hellenes
• 441 Euripides, Greek playwright, wins Athenian prize.
• 441 Sybaris on the Traeis is founded by Sybarites exiled from Thurii
• 440 Samos leaves the Delian League and is sieged by Athens
• 440 Palike is destroyed, ending the Sicel Federation
• 440 Ducetius dies
• 439 Samos is impressed into the Delian League
• 437 Newly founded Amphipolis annexes Eion
• 437 Athens allies with Messapia
• 436 Taulantii-Epidamos War
• 435 Phidias, Greek sculptor, completes statue of Zeus at Elis, 1 of 7 wonders of the world.
• 434 Epidamos becomes a democracy
• 434 Epidamos is annexed by Korinth
• 434 Kerkyra allies with Taulantii and siege Epidamos
• 434 Kerkyra seizes Outer Epidamos (City)
• 434 Battle of Leukimme
• 434 Kerkyra raids Kyllene
• 434 Kerkyra joins Delian League
• 433 Battle of Sybota
• 433 Anactorium is annexed by Korinth
• 432 Psaumis dies
• 432 Potidaea leaves the Delian League and is sieged by Athens
• 432 Pydna is sieged by Athens
• 432 End of "Golden Age", Athens under Pericles blockades Potidaea (Battle of Potidaea)
• 431 Sparta commanded by King Archidamus II prepares to destroy Athens thus starting the Peloponnesian War.
• 431 Plataea is sieged by Thebes
• 431 Pagae is occupied by Athens
• 431 Aegina is annexed by Athens
• 431 Empedocles, Greek doctor, believes body has Four Temperaments.
• 430 Athens abandons the Siege of Pydna
• 430 Herakleion is impressed into the Delian League
• 430 Failed peace mission by Athens, bubonic plague year, Sparta takes no prisoners.
• 430 Leucippus, Greek philosopher, believes every natural event has natural cause. Athenian Plague begins in Athens.
• 429 Herakleion is annexed by Macedonia
• 429 Potidaea is impressed into the Delian League
• 429 All Chalkidiki cities (Except Mende, Acanthus, Scione, Stagirus and Aphytis) leave the Delian League
• 429 Athens sieges Kydonia
• 429 Phormio, Athenian admiral, wins the Battle of Chalcis.
• 429 Pericles dies of Athenian Plague, possibly typhus or bubonic plague.
• 429 Hippocrates, Greek doctor, believes diseases have physical cause.
• 428 Siege of Kydonia is abandoned
• 428 Plato born.
• 428 Mytilene and Antissa leave the Delian league and Mytilene is sieged by Athens, Antissa is sieged by Methymna
• 428 Illios joins the Delian League
• 427 Suppression of Mytilene, Antissa is annexed by Methymna, Mytilene becomes an Athenian Cleurchy, Mytilene Troad joins the Delian League as independent cities
• 427 Archidamus II dies, Alcidas, Greek admiral sent to help Lesbos, raids Ionia and flees after seeing Athenian might. Athenian Plague returns.
• 427 Plataea is impressed into the Boeotian League and by extension, the Peloponnesian League
• 427 Aristophanes, Greek playwright, wins Athenian Prize.
• 427 First Athenian Intervention in Sicily begins
• 426 Megara occupies Pegae
• 426 Athens seiges Lecus
• 426 Pylos, Messene, Mylae, Aegitium and Tichium are occupied by Athens, Pylos is founded by escaped Helots
• 426 Battle of Tanagra
• 426 Amfissa joins the Peloponnesian League
• 426 Ozolian Locris join the Delian League
• 426 Demosthenes, Athenian general, and Cleon, Athenian demagogue, revitalizes Athenian forces, makes bold plans opposed by Nicias, his first military campaign barely succeeds.
• 426 Ambrakia occupies Olpae and Argos
• 426 Acarnanian League and Amphilochian League are founded and join the Delian League
• 425 Acarnania occupies Olpae and Argos
• 425 Athenian fleet bottles up Spartan navy at Navarino Bay, Nicias resigns.
• 425 Herakleion is impressed into the Delian League
• 425 Athens occupies Sphacteria
• 425 Morgantina is annexed by Kamarina
• 425 Ozolian Locris joins the Peloponnesian League
• 425 Athens withdraws from Lecas and Acarnania
• 425 Athens withdraws from Messene and Mylae is impressed into the Delian League
• 424 Herakleion is annexed by Makedonia
• 424 Eion, Akanthus and Amphipolis are sieged by Sparta
• 424 Stagira joins the Peloponnesian League
• 424 Nisaia, and Siphae are occupied by Athenai
• 424 Thyrea is occupied by Athens
• 424 First Athenian Intervention in Sicily ends
• 424 Pagondas of Thebes (in Greece) crushes Athenian army at the Battle of Delium, Brasidas a Spartan general, has a successful campaign in the Chalcidice, Cleon exiles Thucydides for 20 years for arriving late.
• 423 Sparta occupied Amphipolis and Scione
• 423 Torone is occupied by Makedonia
• 423 Akanthus joins the Peloponnesian League
• 423 Truce of Laches supposed to stop Brasidas but doesn't, Nicias commands Athenian forces in retaking Mende.
• 423 Olynthus form the Chalcidian League independent of the Delian League
• 422 Stagira is sieged by Athens
• 422 Neapolis is annexed by Rome
• 422 Torone and Scione are impressed into the Delian League
• 422 Cleon meets Brasidas outside of Amphipolis, both are killed (Battle of Amphipolis).
• 422 Syracuse annexes the now weak Leontini
• 421 Peace of Nicias brings temporary end to war, but Alcibiades, a nephew of Pericles, makes anti-Sparta alliance.
• 421 Herakleion is impressed into the Delian League
• 421 Cumae is annexed by Oscans
• 421 Athens abandons the Siege of Stagira
• 421 Delphi declares independence from Phocis
• 421 Argulus, Apollonia, Potidaea, Akanthus, Stageira and others join the Chalcidian League
• 420 Mantineia, Argos, Elis, Sicyon and Achaea betray Sparta and switch to the Delian League
• 419 Athens occupies Epidauros
• 419 King Agis II of Sparta attacks Argos, makes treaty.
• 418 Battle of Mantinea, greatest land battle of war, gives Sparta victory over Argos, which violated treaty, Alcibiades thrown out, alliance ended.
• 418 Orchmenos is occupied by Argos
• 417 Orchmenos is given to Boeotia
• 417 Sicyon joins the Peloponnesian League
• 417 Epidauros is occupied by Sparta
• 416 Melos is sieged by Athens
• 416 Alcibiades makes plans, is restored to power.
• 416 Selinus annexes Segesta's frontier provinces
• 416 Massacre of the Melians.
• 415 Hermai statues are mutilated in Athens, Alcibiades accused, asks for inquiry, told to set sail for battle (Sicilian Expedition), is condemned to death in absentia, he defects to Sparta.
• 415 Many Syracusan cities rebel
• 415-413 Seige of Syracuse
• 414-413 Metapontion allies with Athens
• 414 Lamachus, Athenian commander killed at Syracuse.
• 413 Nicias and Demosthenes killed at Syracuse
• 413 Leontini and Kamarina are vassalized by Syracuse
• 413 Herakleion is annexed by Makedonia
• 413 Miletus and Khios betray Athens and join the Peloponnesian League
• 412 Alcibiades is expelled from Sparta, conspires to come back to Athens.
• 412 Methymna is occupied by Sparta
• 412 Klazomenai and Kyzikus betray Athens and join the Peloponnesian League
• 412 Chios is sieged by Athens
• 412 Aygrion dies and is succeded by Aygris
• 411 Sparta allies with Persia
• 411 Aspendos is annexed by Persia
• 411 Kyzikus and Klazomenai are impressed into the Delian League
• 411 Oropos is occupied by Boeotia
• 411 Illios is annexes by Lampsacus
• 411 Athens abandons the Siege of Chios
• 411 Sparta leaves Methymna
• 411 Euboea, Byzantium, Abydos, Andros, Antandrus, Lampsacus, Chalcedon and Rodos betray Athens and join the Peloponnesian League
• 411 Abydos is overthrown by Dercylidas
• 411 Selinus attacks Segesta once again and aggravates Carthage
• 411 Athens is overthrown by the Four Hundred
• 410 After several successes, Athenian demagogue Cleophon rejects Spartan peace offers.
• 410 Segesta is annexed by Carthage
• 410 Four Hundred are overthrown by Athens
• 409 Antandrus is annexed by Persia
• 409 Abydos is sieged by Athens
• 409 Sparta sieges Klazomenai
• 409 Selinus and Himera are sacked by Carthage
• 409 Byzantium recaptured by Alcibiades for Athens.
• 408 The 3 poleis of Rodos unite and build a new capital called Rodos
• 408 Athens sieges Paleopoli
• 408 Athens abandons Siege of Abydos
• 408 Sparta abandons the Siege of Klazomenai
• 408 Alcibiades reenters Athens in triumph, Lysander, a Spartan commander, has fleet built at Ephesus.
• 407 Thermae is founded by Carthage
• 407 Athens abandons the Siege of Paleopoli
• 407 Lysander begins destruction of Athenian fleet, Alcibiades stripped of power.
• 406 Sparta sieges Methymna
• 406 Akragas is sacked by Carthage
• 406 Callicratides, Spartan naval commander, loses Battle of Arginusae over blockade of Mitylene harbor, Sparta sues for peace, rejected by Cleophon.
• 405 Methymna is impressed into the Peloponnesian League
• 405 Syracuse is overthrown by Dionysius the Elder
• 405 Melos is annexed by Sparta
• 405 Gela, Kamarina and Akrillai is sacked by Carthage
• 405 Carthage allow the people of the sacked cities to return as Carthaginian subjects and rebuild their cities
• 405 Leontini and Morgantina declare independence from Syracuse
• 405 Carthage annexes Elymi, Sicel and Sican terroritory
• 405 The naval Battle of Aegospotami in which Lysander captures the Athenian fleet, Spartan king Pausanias besieges Athens, Cleophon executed, Corinth and Thebes demand destruction of Athens.
• 405 Klazomenai and Ephesus betray Athens and join the All Carthaginian subjects (Except Ziz, their islands, Motya, Solus, Elymi, Segesta, and Entella) gain independence
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• 404 Athens capitulates April 25. Theramenes secures terms, prevents total destruction of Athens, Theramenes and Alcibiades are killed.
• 404 Delian League is dissolved
• 404 Korinth leaves the Peloponnesian League
• 404 Entella is overthrown by mercenaries loyal to Carthage
• 404 Aygris becomes a Syracusan Subject
• 404 Nafpaktos is annexed by Ozolian Locris
• 404 Athens is overthrown by the Thirty
• 404 Athens joins the Peloponnesian League
• 403 Aeimnestus, who is loyal to Dionysius, overthrows Castrugiuvanni
• 403 Aetna is overthrown by mercenaries loyal to Dionysius
• 403 Dionysius destroys Naxos and Catania and Sicels split Naxos with Syracuse, Catania is ruled by Campanian mercenaries loyal to Dionysius
• 403 Athens overthrows the Thirty
• 403 Athens leaves the Peloponnesian League and refounds the Delian League
• 402 Elis leaves the Peloponnesian League and is subsequently sieged by Sparta
• 401 Euboea joins the Delian League
• 401 Elis is sacked and impressed into the Peloponnesian League
• 401 Dionysius free Castrugiuvanni from Aeimnestus
• 401 Poseidonia is annexed by Lucanians
• 401 Thucydides, Greek historian, leaves account of "Golden Age of Pericles" and Peloponnesian War at his death (History of the Peloponnesian War).
• 400 Adranon is founded by Dionysius
• 400 Aygris annexes Centuripe
• 400 Democritus, Greek philosopher, develops Atomic theory, believes cause and necessity, nothing comes out of nothing
• 399 Illios declares independence from Lampsacus
• 399 Sparta sways Persian Controlled Greek cities near Pergamon to their side and march on Egyptian Larissa and siege it
• 399 Socrates, Greek philosopher, condemned to death for corrupting youth.
• 398 Ionia joins the Peloponnesian League
• 398 All Carthaginian subjects (Except Ziz, their islands, Motya, Solus, Elymi, Segesta, and Entella) gain independence from Carthage
• 398 Dionysius sieges Segesta and Entella
• 398 Mainland territory of Motya is occupied by Dionysius
• 397 Motya is destroyed by Dionysius and the Carthaginians build Lilybaion to replace it
• 397 Dionysius abandons the Sieges of Entella and Segesta
• 397 Eryx, Segesta, Lipari, Messene and Entella are annexed by Carthage
• 397 Carthage allies with the Sicel cities except Assorus
• 397 Tauormenion is founded by Carthage to be a supply base, settled by Sicels
• 397 Carthaginian forces have to go the long way around Mount Etna due to an eruption
• 397 Catania is occupied by Carthage
• 397 Battle of Catania
• 397 Syracuse is sieged by Carthage
• 396 Carthage lifts the Siege of Syracuse and abandons Eastern Sicily except Messene and Lipari
• 396 Himera and Selinus are annexed by Carthage
• 396 Gela, Ergezio, Catania, Adranon, Kamarina and Leontini are annexed by Dionysius
• 396 Tyndaris is founded by Dionysius to combat piracy and a base of operations
• 396 Persia annexes Rodos
• 396 Sparta campaigns in Phrygia
• 395 Sparta campaigns in Ionia, Caria and march up to Sardis
• 395 Orchmenus leaves the Boeotian League
• 395 Cephaloedium is annexed by Dionysius
• 395 Mylae is annexed by Rhegion
• 395 Argos, Korinthos and Boeotian League leave the Peloponnesian League
• 394 Sparta withdraws from Anatolia
• 394 All Thracian and Anatolian Greek cities leave the Peloponnesian League (Except Sestos and Abydos)
• 394 Virtually all Greek Anatolian cities are annexed by Persia
• 394 Klazomenaites relocate to an island off shore
• 394 Mylae is annexed by Syracuse
• 393 Lipari is annexed by Syracuse
• 393 Italiote League is formed by Sybaris on the Traeis, Croton, Caulonia, Thurii, Rhegium and Velia
• 393 Imbros, Lemnos and Skyros are annexed by Athens
• 393 Makedonia starts paying tribute to the newly formed Kingdom of Dardania
• 393 Chalcidian League annexes some Makedonian land
• 392 Sparta occupies Lechaeum
• 392 Heraclea Minoa, Akragas and Sicani territory are annexed by Carthage
• 392 Sicel territory is annexed by Dionysius
• 392 Makedonia stops paying tribute to Dardania
• 392 Makedonia reannexes the land taken by the Chalcidian League
• 392 Damastion is annexed by Dardania
• 391 Korinth occupies Phlius
• 391 Tauromenion is overthrown by mercenaries loyal to Dionysius
• 391 Makedonia starts pays tribute to Dardania
• 390 The Acarnanian League joins the Peloponnesian League
• 390 Dercylidas is succeeded by Anaxibios
• 390 Himera is merged into Thermae
• 390 Dionysius transfers control of Mylae to Messene
• 390 Kroton is annexed by Syracuse
• 390 Argos and Korinth unite into Argos-Korinth
• 390 Castrugiuvani is annexed by Syracuse
• 389 Metapontion is annexed by Syracuse
• 389 Anaxibios is overthrown by Abydos
• 387 Rhegion is annexed by Syracuse and renamed it to Phoebea
• 387 Peace of Antalcidas concluded between the Greeks and the Persians that leads to virtually all Greek cities in Asia Minor being annexed by Persia
• 387 Argos and Korinth split
• 387 All cities gain independence and all league except the Peloponnesian League are disbanded
• 386 Phlius becomes a democracy
• 385 Dardania attacks Molossia
• 384 Dionysius occupies Pyrgi and Caere
• 384 Chalcidian League annexes Makedonia land including Pella
• 383 Gela gains independence from Syracuse
• 383 Dionysius leaves Eturia
• 383 Liburnia sieges Pharos
• 383 Potidaea leaves the Chalcidian League
• 382 Thebes is overthrown by Leontiades and Archias
• 382 Thebes is impressed into the Peloponnesian League
• 380 Sparta sieges Phlius
• 380 Makedonia recaptures their former territory
• 379 Kroton is annexed by Dionysius
• 379 Phlius is impressed into the Peloponnesian League
• 379 The Chalcidian League is disbanded and it's former members are impressed into the Peloponnesian League and Potidaea and Korinth also join the league
• 379 Leontiades and Archias are overthrown and Thebes leaves the Peloponnesian League
• 379 Sparta occupies Thespiae
• 378 Themison overthrows Eretria
• 377 The Boeotian League is refounded by Thebes
• 376 Abdera is sacked by the Triballi and Maroneia
• 376 Thespiae and the rest of Boeotia are liberated and join the Boeotian League
• 375 The Acarnanian League defects from the Peloponnesian League and joins the Delian League
• 375 Chalcidian League is reestablished by Olynthus and joins the Delian League
• 373 Kerkyra is sieged by Sparta
• 371 Sparta leaves Kerkyra
• 370 Gythium is occupied by Thebes
• 370 Heraclea Sintica is founded by Makedonia
• 369 Korinth is overthrown by Timophanes
• 368 Aetolian League is founded
• 367 Daparria is annexed by Dardania
• 367 Kroton is annexed by Bruttian League
• 366 Opus declares independence from Athens with the help of Themison
• 365 Opus requests Thebes to protect them from Athens and sends a garrison. Opus is impressed into the Boeotian League
• 364 Timophanes is assassinated
• 364 Orchmenus leaves the Boeotian League and is subsequently sieged by Thebes
• 363 Orchmenus is impressed into the Boeotian League
• 363 Pydna is impressed into the Delian League
• 362 Themison dies and is succeeded by Plutarch
• 361 Potidaea and Torone are impressed into the Delian League and become Athenian Cluerchies
• 360 Tauromenion overthrows the mercenaries and falls under the tyranny of Andromache
• 360 Illios is overthrown by Charidemos
• 360 Abydos is overthrown by Iphiades
• 359 Charidemos is overthrown by Illios
• 359 Dardania annexes Lake Ohrid and Upper Macedonia
• 359 Archelaus annexes Methone, Aegae and Pydna
• 358 Archelaus is annexed by Makedonia
• 358 Macedonia reannexes Lake Ohrid, Lynkestis and Upper Macedonia from Dardania
• 358 Makedonia annexes Paeonia
• 357 Social War Starts
• 357 Kos, Khios, Rodos and Byzantium leave the Delian League
• 357 Makedonia annexes Pydna and Amphipolis
• 357 Dionysius II is overthrown by Dion
• 356 Phocis annexes Delphi
• 356 Locris is annexed by Dionysius II
• 356 Lemnos, Samos and Imbros is occupied by Chios and leave the Delian League
• 356 Makedonia annexes Crenides, renames it Philippi and settles it with Makedonians
• 356 Makedonian border set on Nestus river
• 356 Potidaea and Anthemus are annexed by Chalcidian League
• 356 Makedonia sieges Methone
• 356 Lokros is overthrown by Dionysius II
• 355 Social War Ends
• 355 Argolas is sieged by Phocis
• 355 Dion is overthrown by Callipus
• 354 Methone and Abdera are annexed by Makedonia
• 354 Phocis abandons the Siege of Argolas
• 354 Thessaly is vassalized by Phocis
• 353 Catania is annexed by Callipus
• 353 Makedonia occupied Pagasae
• 353 Thessaly is vassalized by Makedonia
• 352 Callipus is overthrown by Hipparinos (Callipus keeps Catania)
• 352 Nicodemus overthrows Centuripe
• 352 Orchmenus and Chaeronea are occupied by Phocis
• 351 Rhegion is annexed by Callipus
• 350 Akanthus is annexed by Makedonia
• 350 Hipparinos is overthrown by Aretaeus
• 350 Mamercus ousts Callippus from Catania
• 349 Plutarch is expelled from Eretria
• 349 Aretaeus is overthrown by Nysaios
• 348 Stagira is annexed by Makedonia
• 348 Callipus is overthrown by Leptines
• 347 Leontini is overthrown by Hicetas
• 347 Plato, Greek philosopher, founder of Academy, dies.
• 347 Methymna is overthrown by Kleommis
• 346 Phocis withdraws from Boeotia
• 346 Dionysius II leaves Locris and overthrows Nysaios
• 346 Lyttos is sieged by Knossos
• 346 Makedonia occupies Thermopylae and Antikyra, Nicaea is occupied by Thessaly
• 345 Makedonia withdraws from Thermopylae and Antikyra
• 345 Grabaei becomes a vassal of Macedonia
• 345 Hicetas sieges Syracuse and seizes Syracuse's territory
• 345 The Pro-Makedonian Tyrant Hipparchus overthrows Eretria
• 345 Mainland Syracuse (City) is occupied by Hicetas leaving only the citadel in Dionysius' control
• 344 Macedonia occupies Illios and annexes Tenedos
• 344 Siege of Lyttos lifted by Knossos
• 344 Knossos sieges Kydonia
• 344 Hicetas is repulsed by Timoleon from Syracuse
• 344 Timoleon takes control of all Syracusan forces outside the citadel
• 343 Messene is rebuilt by Timoelon, Adranon is freed from mercenary control, Nicodemus is overthrown by Centuripe with help of Timoleon
• 343 Timoleon annexes the citadel
• 343 Siege of Kydonia is lifted by Knossos
• 342 Rhegion is freed by Timoleon
• 342 Aristotle, Greek philosopher, begins teaching Alexander, son of Philip of Macedon.
• 341 Hipparchus is overthrown by Athenian forces and impressed into the Delian league
• 341 Samothrace is annexed by Makedonia
• 340 Skyros is annexed by Makedonia
• 340 Entella is freed by Timoleon
• 339 Elateia is occupied by Makedonia
• 339 Agyris and Aetna are freed by Timoleon
• 339 Nicaea is occupied by Boeotia
• 338 Amphissa is annexed by Delphi
• 338 Thyrea is annexed by Argos
• 338 Mamercus dies
• 338 Cumae is annexed by Rome
• 338 Leontini is freed by Timoleon
• 338 Nafpaktos joins the Aetolian League
• 338 King Philip II of Macedon defeats Athens and Thebes at Battle of Chaeronea August 2 and establishes League of Corinth during winter of 338 BC/337 BC.
• 337 Amfissa declares independence from Delphi
• 336 Timoleon dies
• 336 Lesbos is annexed by Makedonia
• 336 Alexander succeeds father Philip II, who was assassinated by Pausanias of Orestis.
• 334 Andromache dies and his city is annexed by Syracuse
• 333 Saminum is occupied by Epirus
• 333 Alexander defeats Persians at Battle of Issus, Oct, but Darius III escapes.
• 332 Epirus occupies Heraclea, Metapontium, Southern Lucania, Daunia, Paestum, Terina and Sipontum
• 332 Alexander conquers Egypt.
• 331 Epirus occupies Cosentia
• 331 Battle of Pandosia
• 331 Gerasa is founded by Makedonian veterans
• 331 at Battle of Gaugamela October 1, Alexander ends Achaemenid Dynasty and conquers Persian Empire.
• 331 Tauromenion is freed by Carthage
• 330 Sparta joins the League of Korinth
• 329 Alexander conquers Samarkand
• 328 Sybaris on the Traeis is annexed by Bruttian League
• 327 Oenidae is impressed into the Aetolian League
• 327 Alexander invades northern India, but his army is despondent and refuses to march further eastwards.
• 326 Samos joins the Delian League
• 324 Kroton is overthrown by Menedemus

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Hellenistic Greece

Hellenistic period (323 BC - 146 BC).

• 323 King Alexander dies, his generals vie for power in Wars of the Diadochi
• 322-320 First War of the Diadochi.
• 320 Partition of Triparadisus.
• 320-311 Second War of the Diadochi.
• 316 Menander, Greek playwright, wins Athenian prize.
• 310 Zeno of Citium founds his stoic school in Athens.
• 307 Epicurus founds his philosophic school in Athens.
• 301 Battle of Ipsus.
• 300 Euclid, Greek mathematician, publishes Elements, treating both geometry and number theory (see also Euclidean algorithm).
• 295 Athens falls to Demetrius, Lachares killed.
• 281 Creation of the Achaean League.
• 280-275 Pyrrhic War.
• 279 Gallic invasion of the Balkans.
• 274-271 First Syrian War.
• 267-262 Chremonidean War.
• 265 Archimedes, Greek mathematician, develops Archimedes' screw, specific gravity, center of gravity; anticipates discoveries of integral calculus.
• 260-253 Second Syrian War.
• 246-241 Third Syrian War.
• 219-217 Fourth Syrian War.
• 214-205 First Macedonian War.
• 203-200 Fifth Syrian War.
• 200-196 Second Macedonian War.
• 192-188 Roman-Syrian War.
• 172-167 Third Macedonian War.
• 170-168 Sixth Syrian War.
• 150-148 Fourth Macedonian War.
• 146-146 Battle of Corinth

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See also

• Timeline of Athens

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Notes

1. Wasson, Ruck, Hofmann, The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1978. ISBN 0-15-177872-8.

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References

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