8th Century B.C. Ancient Greece
Period of the rise of the individual city-states or poleis.- 800-700 - Rise of the Poleis
- 725 - Sparta turns the Messenians into Helots
Messenian Wars end 668 B.C.
7th Century B.C. Ancient Greece
6th Century B.C. Ancient Greece
5th Century B.C. Ancient Greece
- 490 - Battle of Marathon
- 479 - Battle of Salamis
- 477 - Delian League
- 462 - Pericles persecutes Cimon
- 460 - 1st Peloponnesian War
- 446 - Beginning 30 year's peace
- 425 - Alcibiades breaks Peace of Nicias
- 421-413 2nd Stage of Peloponnesian War
- 413-404 3rd Stage of Peloponnesian War ending when Athens surrenders.
- 404-403 Spartan hegemony
4th Century B.C. Ancient Greece
- 395-387 - Corinthian War
- 392 - Romans begin conquest of Italy
- 355 - Philip of Macedonia begins conquest of Greece
- 336 - Philip assassinated
- 333 - Battle of Issus - Alexander the Great
3rd Century B.C. Ancient Greece
- 215-169 - Macedonian Wars
