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First Olympic gamestakes place.

The scholar Homer writes‘Odyssey’ and ‘The Iliad’.

776BC

750BC

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The first democracy beginsin Athens.

Persian invaders defeatedby the Greeks in the battle

of Marathon.

508BC

490BC

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Persian invaders defeatedby the Greeks again inthe battle of Salamis.

The powerful city ofAthens now controls

an empire.

480BC

450BC

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Many famous Greek playsare written and performedat the theatre in Athens.

The Parthenon is finishedin Athens.

472-410BC

432BC

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The Peloponnesian Warbetween Athens

and Sparta.

Sparta defeats Athens.

431-404BC

404BC

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Alexander the Greatconquers much ofthe known world.

Greece is conqueredby Rome and becomes

part of the Roman Empire.

336-323BC

146BC