Archaic Greek and Legendary Roman Timeline for the eighth century B.C.

8th Century B.C. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Timeline

LEGENDARY ROME / ARCHAIC PERIOD GREECE (800-500)

Blue dots = Events in Ancient Roman Timeline

Red dots = Events in Ancient Greek Timeline

In the table below, in the right column are links to pages on the Ancient / Classical History site related to the time periods listed on the left.

[ARCHAIC PERIOD GREECE / LEGENDARY ROME (800-500)]		- to 700 B.C.
•Homer •800 Rise of the aristocracies •800-700 B.C. Hellenes and Etruscans in Italy •776 Olympic Games established •753 B.C. Romulus founds city of Rome •c. 750 Colonization of Southern Italy and Sicily •c. 700 Hesiod •621 Draco's code of law in Athens •c. 600 Sappho (lyric poet) •c. 600 Thales (philosopher) •594-593 Solon •545-510 Tyranny of the Peisistratids •533 Thespis wins first tragedy competition •509 B.C. Romans overthrow Tarquinius Superbus •508 Cleisthenes reforms	Coins of Miletus -ArtToday	•Sparta - Lycurgus (775-750 B.C.) •Ancient Greek Olympics (776 B.C.) •Early Rome •Romulus and Remus •Land Shortage in Ancient Greece •Women in Archaic Greece •Cybele (800-500 B.C.) •Hesiod