Chronology of ancient Greece

antiquated Time

High antiquated time

  • VI {{E}} - IV {{E}} thousand-year-old: Neolithic in Greece.

  • Towards 3000: First agglomerations in Crete. Arrival of the Minoan ?
  • : Bronze Age. Beginning of Helladique and the Minoan old.
  • : Beginning of average bronze in Greece. Destruction. Arrival of the Minyens or “Proto-Greeks”?
  • : First forms palatiales in Crete.
  • : Passage to Helladique and the Minoan means.
  • : First palates crétois
  • : General destruction of the sites crétois.
  • Towards 1680: Second palates crétois.
  • Towards 1650: First tombs of Mycènes. Arrival of the Mycéniens.
  • Towards 1630: Explosion of the volcano of Santorin. There exists an uncertainty of about fifty years (between 1650 and 1598).
  • : Apogee of the palates of Cnossos.
  • 1600 - 1580: Passage to Helladique and the Minoan recent.
  • Towards 1450: General destruction of the sites crétois. Occupation mycénienne of Cnossos.
  • 1450 - 1350: Apogee of the palates mycéniens.
  • : Files of Cnossos in Linéaire B.
  • XIVe - XIII {{E}} centuries: Expansion mycénienne.
  • Towards 1250: Trojan War.
  • Towards 1200: Files of Pylos in linear B. general Disturbances.
  • 1194 - 1184: Trojan War, according to the hellenistic chronology.
  • : Rupture of the international relations. Bursting and declines of the communities mycéniennes. Beginning of the obscure Centuries.
  • 1104 : “Return of the Héraclides” or migration dorienne, according to the ancient traditions.
  • Towards 1104, 884 or 776: Dates allotted to Lycurgue in the various chronologies.
  • 1102 : Beginning of the list of the kings with Sparte.
  • Towards 1100: Beginning of the age of iron in Greece. Legendary foundation Phénicie of Gadès (Cadiz).
  • 1077 - 1044: Traditional dates of the foundation of Millet in Minor Asia.
  • Fine IX {{E}} - X {{E}} centuries: Greek settlement on the side of Asia.
  • Towards 1020: Beginning of the proto-geometrical time in Greece.
  • Towards 1000: Tomb princely of Lefkandi of Eubée. First traces of worship to Olympie. First Greek grouping in urban matter with Smyrna (Minor Asia).

  • 690 : Installation of the Sanctuary panhellenic of Poséidon, on the Isthmus of Corinth.

  • Towards 687: Gygès founds the Dynastie of Mermnades in Lydie. Protectorate on the cities of Ionie.
  • 686 : Foundation of Chalcédoine, with the entry of the the Bosphorus.
  • Towards 683: annual Archontat and institution of the six Thesmothète S with Athens.
  • Towards 675: Invasion of the Cimmériens, Scythian people of the steppe. Destruction of the Artémision of Éphèse.
  • 669 - 668: War between Sparte and Argos. Defeat of Hysiæ. Appearance of the phalange.
  • Towards 668 - 654: Second war of Messénie.
  • 657 : Foundation of Byzance, with the entry of the Bosphorus, opposite Chalcédoine. Establishment of the tyranny of the Cypsélides to Corinth according to the traditional chronology.
  • 656 : Foundation of Istros, with the mouth of the the Danube and Greek establishment in Black Sea.
  • 652 : Died of Gygès and advent of Alyattes.
  • 651 : Foundation of Lampsaque, on the Hellespont.
  • Medium of the VIIe century: Activity of the poet Tyrtée.
  • 2nd half of the VIIe century: First written law.
  • Towards 650 - 630: Tyranny of Pheidon in Argos.
  • Towards 646: Foundation of Olbia, with the mouth of the Dniepr.
  • Towards 640: First figuration of the phalange (Chigi vase).
  • Towards 635 or 632: Tyrannical attempt at Cylon in Athens.
  • Towards 630: Foundation of Cyrène in Libya.
  • 629 : Foundation of Sinope, on the northern coast of Minor Asia.
  • 624 - 620: Legislation of Dracon in Athens.
  • 614 : Beginning of advanced Mèdes, people Iran IEN, into High Mésopotamie.
  • Towards 610 - 580: Tyranny of Clisthène to Sicyone.
  • Towards 600: Navigation of Colaios de Samos until Tartessos (southern of the Iberian peninsula). First phénico-punic establishment on the littoral Morocco Ain. Beginning of the expansion Phocée.
  • 600 : Legendary foundation phocéenne of Marseilles. Destruction of Smyrna by Alyattes.
  • Fine VIIe century: Foundation of Trébizonde (Colchide), on the northern coast of Minor Asia. First Currency S with Éphèse.

  • 600 - 590: First crowned war. Rise of the Amphictyonie of Delphes.

  • 1st half of the VIe century: Currencies of Égine.
  • 594 or 592: Archontat of Solon to Athens.
  • Towards 590: Foundation Phocée of Emporion (Ampurias) on the Catalan coast , then of its extension Néapolis.
  • 590 : Anarchy (vacancy of the archontat) in Athens.
  • 586 : Anarchy in Athens.
  • 585 : First confrontation between Alyattes and Mèdes. Border of Halys.
  • 583 : Fall of the Tyrannie to Corinthe.
  • 582 - 580: With Athens, archontat prolonged Damasias.
  • 579 : Creation in Athens of the three political factions of the plain, the coast and hills.
  • 566 : Foundation of the Panathénées.
  • Towards 565: First phocéen establishment, modest, with Alalia (Aléria), in Corsica; another establishment of weak width to Agde.
  • 561 : First Coup d'etat of Pisistrate in Athens.
  • 560 : Establishment of the tyranny of the Pisistratides in Athens. Advent of Crésus in Lydie.
  • 559 : Advent of Cyrus, resulting from the royal clan Persian of the Achéménides and heir to the dynasty mède.
  • 556 : The first expulsion of Pisistrate of Athens.
  • Towards 550: Formation of the League of the Peloponnese. Stop of exports of Greek ceramics “of the east”.
  • 550 : Union of Persians and Mèdes. Beginning of the Persian expansion.
  • 550 - 525: Appearance and diffusion of the silver money.
  • 549 (or 544): Second coup d'etat to Athens de Pisistrate, supported by the Alcméonides.
  • 548 : Set fire to and rebuilding of the Temple of Delphes.
  • 546 - 540: Conquest of the Minor Asia and the cities of Ionie by Persians.
  • 546 (or 541): The second expulsion of Pisistrate. Fold in Thrace.
  • 546 : Conquest of the Lydian kingdom by Persians. destruction of Smyrna, Xantho, Caunos. Emigration phocéenne.
  • 545 - 543: Destruction of Phocée (Minor Asia) by Persians and transfer of the metropolis phocéenne, with half of its population, in Alalia, in Corsica. Recasting.
  • Towards 540 - 535: Battle of Alalia, which opposes the Greeks of Phocée to the Carthaginois and the Étrusques. Defeat phocéenne. The city remains populated, one does not know under which control. Five years of wandering and piracy phocéennes.
  • Towards 537 - 522: Tyranny of Polycrate to Samos. First appearance of the Trière S.
  • Towards 535 - 530: Foundation of Vélia, in Campania, by Phocéens.
  • 534 : Third coup d'etat de Pisistrate supported by Thèbes and Lygdamis de Naxos. Battle of Pallène. Expulsion of Athens of Miltiade Old the in Chersonèse of Thrace.
  • Towards 530: Pythagore in Italy of the South. Closing of Sparte to the exchanges.
  • Towards 530 - 525: Appearance of the currencies of Athens “to the owl”.
  • 529 : Died of Cyrus. Advent of Cambyse II.
  • 528 : Died of Pisistrate. Tyranny of Hippias in Athens.
  • 525 : Archontat in Athens of Clisthène Alcméonide.
  • 522 : Advent of Darius.
  • 522 - 521: Revolts in the Persian empire. Secession of the satrap of Lydie. Execution of Polycrate.
  • 520 : Advent of Cléomène in Sparte and beginning of the expansionism Spartan.
  • 519 : Darius takes again the control of the Lydie and the Ionie.
  • 517 : Samos, Tap-holes and Lesbos under Persian domination.
  • 516 : The Athenian Miltiade Old the settles in Thrace, in the ancestral possessions of Chersonèse of Thrace.
  • Towards 515: Refusal of Sparte to intervene in Samos and at the Scythian against Persians.
  • 514 : Tyrannicide in Athens: murder of Hipparque, brother of Hippias, by the Tyrannoctones.
  • 513 : Forwarding of Darius in Europe, against the Scythians. Participation of the Greeks of Ionie and Miltiade. First passage of the Straits.
  • 512 : Conquest of Thrace by Persians.
  • 512 - 511: Conquest of Thrace by Mégabaze.

traditional Time

End of the VIe

  • 510 : Intervention Spartan with Athens against the Tyrant. Inversion of tyranny in Athens. Return of exiled. Exile of Hippias at Persians. Stasis between Clisthène Alcméonide and Isagoras, chief of the Oligarch S. Intervention of Cléomène of Sparte in favor of Isagoras.

  • 508 : First treaty between Rome and Carthage which divides the the Western Mediterranean. Intervention Spartan in Athens (failure). Reform of Clisthène. Installation of the democratic executives .
  • Towards 506: New forwarding of Sparte against Athens. Conflict enters the city of Sparte and the king Démarate.
  • 505 : Beginning of the tyranny of Cléandros with Froze.

  • 500 : Persian forwarding against Naxos. Mission of Aristagoras of Millet to Sparte and Athens. Weak place of the Greek imports in the Western Mediterranean.

  • 499 - 494: Revolt cities of Ionie against the Perses.
  • 498 : Sparte refuses to intervene in Ionie. Bag of Sardinian by the Ionian ones, combined to the Athenians and in Érétriens. The Decay and the Lycie and Cyprus unite with the revolt. Athens and Érétrie withdraw their troops. End of the Tyranny of Cléandros and beginning of the tyranny of Hippocratès with Froze.
  • 497 : Engagements in Cyprus.
  • 497 - 496: Persian offensive in Minor Asia by overland route. Sit of Milet.
  • 496 - 495: Ionian attempt to open a face in Thrace. Campaigns of Hippocratès in Eastern Sicily against the cities chalcidiennes.
  • 494 : Victoire de Sparte on Argos with Sépeia. Reduction of Cyprus. The Persian fleet is in Aegean Sea. Pacification of the littoral Anatolia N. Defeat of Ionian with Ladè. Fall of Millet. Mission of Datis de Sardes with Persépolis to prepare the counter-offensive in Égée. Beginning of the tyranny of Anaxylas, with Rhégion. Attacks of Hippocratès de Géla against Syracuse.
  • 493 : Last Ionian offensive in the North-West of Minor Asia. Capture and execution of the leaders of the revolt. Re-establishment of the Persian domination on Ionie.
  • 492 : Reorganization of the cities of Ionie. Installation of “democracies” by Persians. Forwarding of Mardonios in Thrace. The Athenian Miltiade gives up the ancestral possessions of Chersonèse of Thrace and regains Athens.
  • 491 : Intervention Spartan with Égine. Emissary of Darius in the Greek States to ask their tender. Beginning of the hostilities between Athens and Égine. Died of Hipocratès. Gélon becomes tyrant of Froze. Expulsion of the aristocrats of Syracuse.
  • 490 : Naval forwarding of Datis and Artaphernès in the islands and against Athens (first medic war).
    • Spring: A Persian squadron ordered by Datis appears in Égée, coming from Cilicie.
    • Mars: Victoire d' Égine on Athens.
    • Be: Catch of Naxos by Persians. Sit and bag of Érétrie in Eubée.
    • September: Persian unloading in Attic, with Marathon. Athenian Victoire with Marathon, whose craftsman is Miltiade. Re-embarkation of Persians. Failure of a Persian unloading with Phalère.
    • Fall: Fold of the Persian fleet in the south-east of Égée.
  • Spring 489: Forwarding of Miltiade with Paros in the Cyclades. Failure.
  • 489 : Anaxilas de Rhégion takes the control of Messine and the Strait.
  • 488 - 472: Tyranny of Théron, with Agrigente.
  • 486 : Died of Darius. Advent of Xerxès.
  • 485 - 478: Tyranny of Gélon to Syracuse. His/her brother Hiéron is governor of Froze.
  • 483 : With Athens, naval law of Thémistocle and Ostracism of Aristide. Annexations and expulsions with Géla, Camarina, Megara Hyblaea… Rérillos, tyrant of Himère, calls some with Carthage.
  • 481 : Preparations of war with Carthage and in Sicily. Failure of the negotiations between Gélon and the panhellenic League of Corinth.
  • 481 : Persian mobilization with Sardinian. Constitution of the panhellenic league with Sparte.
    • September: Acceleration of the construction schedule naval in Athens.
    • October: Gathering of the Persian army with Sardes, under the command of king Xerxès. Ambassador sending in the Greek States.
    • November: Peace between Athens and Égine, in war since 485.
  • Winter 481 - 480: Embassy of the Greeks with Gélon of Syracuse. Failure of the project of alliance. Peace thirty years between Sparte and Argos.
  • 480 - 479: Second medic War.
  • 480 : Advanced Persians from the Straits in central Greece. Greek defeat with the Thermopyles. Bag of Athens. Naval Victoire of the Greeks with Salamine. Intervention of Carthage in the businesses of Sicily. Greek Victoire of Himère.
    • Spring: Installation of the panhellenic League. General headquarter in the sanctuary of the Isthmus.
    • June: Xerxès passes the Hellespont. Junction of the army and the fleet Persians at the bottom of the Gulf Thermaïque, in Macedonia. Meeting of the Greek States resistant to the sanctuary of the Isthmus. Common peace and recall of exiled. Decision to defend the Thermopyles.
    • mid-August: Léonidas and its guard Spartan makes movement towards the Thermopyles. The Greek fleet goes up towards Skiathos.
    • At the end of August: Xerxès establishes its camp at the southern border of the Macedonia. The Persian fleet leaves the Golfe Thermaïque and skirts the coasts Macedonian and thessalienne.
    • September 15th: The Persian fleet arrives in the Golfe Maliaque, in Thessalie. Beginning of the naval operations around Skiatos.
    • September 17th: 200 Persian ships gain the Cape Artémision, in the north of the Eubée. Xerxès attacks the Thermopyles.
    • September 18th: Storm and destruction of the 200 Persian ships.
    • September 19th: Died of Léonidas. Xerxès passes the Thermopyles.
    • September 21st: Fold of the Greek fleet on Salamine. Decision of the Greeks to defend the Isthmus. With Athens, decision to give up the city.
    • September 27th: Xerxès enters to Athens.
    • September 28th: Set fire to Acropole. The Persian fleet in formation of combat between Pirée and Salamine. The Council of war of the Greeks.
    • September 29th: Battle of Salamine. Persians are folded up on Athens and Phalère.
    • At the beginning of October: The Persian fleet regains the Asia Mineure. The Persian army gives up Athens and leaves to winter in Thessalie. Xerxès passes by again in Asia and gains Sardes. command of Mardonios.
  • 479 : Victoire of Foundations, which releases Greece. Naval Victoire of Mycale and release of the Ionie.
    • June: Mardonios invaded the Béotie. New evacuation and new destruction of Athens. Meeting of the forces péloponnésiennes on the Isthme, which go up by Mégare and the Attique until Platées in Béotie. Battle of Foundations. Died of Mardonios. Reprocess Persians towards the straits.
    • July-August: The Greek fleet releases Chios, Samos and Lesbos which integrates the League. Battle of the course Mycale and destruction of the Persian fortifications. The fleet goes up towards the Straits and releases Abydos.
    • Fall: Departure of the ships péloponnésiens.
  • 478 : Engagements in the Straits. constitution by Athens of the League of Délos. With Syracuse, died of Gélon and advent of Hiéron. The third brother, Polyzélos is governor of Géla.
    • Spring: The Spartan Pausanias, victorious of Foundations, arrives in front of Byzance, seat of Sestos. Destruction of the Persian bridge of boats on the Hellespont by the Athenian fleet. Recall of Pausanias with Sparte. The Athenian fleet remains alone in Aegean Sea.
  • 478 - 477: Foundation by Athens of the League of Délos.
  • 476 : Persian expulsion of the S of Thrace and Europe. End of the tyranny of Anaxilas to Rhégion.
  • 474 : Naval Victoire of Hiéron on the Etruscan fleet , with Cumes.
  • 472 : Persians , tragedy of Eschyle.
  • 471 : Revolt Naxos. Ostracism of Thémistocle? Died of Pausanias.
  • 469 : Destruction of the Persian fleet. Release of the Greeks of Asia.
  • 466 : Died of Hiéron. Thrasybule, the fourth brother, becomes tyrant of Syracuse.
  • 465 : Fall of Thrasybule. End of tyranny in Sicily. Beginning of the revolt of Thasos. Earthquake with Sparte and beginning of the revolt of the Hilotes of Messénie.
  • 463 : End of the revolt of Thasos.
  • 461 : Ostracism of Cimon and reforms of Éphialtès, in Athens.
  • 461 - 446: First Peloponnesian War between Sparte and Athens.
  • 460 - 454: Athenian forwarding with Cyprus and in Egypt: failure.
  • 456 : End of the revolt of the hilotes of Messénie.
  • 454 : Transfer of the treasure of the League of Délos in Athens.
  • 453 - 440: Liberation movement of Doukétios in Sicily.
  • 451 : First law of Périclès.
  • 450 : Opening of the building site of the Acropolis of Athens.
  • 450 - 449: Victorious Athenian countryside in Cyprus.
  • 448 : Irregularities in the perception of the tribute. Peace of Callias with Persians? Second crowned war.
  • 447 : First Confederation béotienne.
  • 446 : Peace thirty years between Sparte and Athens.
  • 444 : Panhellenic foundation of Thourioi.
  • 441 - 431: Personal government of Périclès.
  • 441 - 439: Revolt Samos.
  • 438 : Completion of the Parthenon.
  • 437 : Athenian foundations in the north of Égée.
  • 435 : Conflict between Corcyre and Corinth.
  • 435 - 432: Political lawsuits against the entourage of Périclès.
  • 433 : Alliance of Athens with Corcyre.
  • 432 : Revolt Potidée and Athenian intervention. Decree against Mégare? Conference of Sparte.
  • 431 - 421: War of Archidamos.
  • Beginning of spring 432: Forwarding thebaine until Foundations.
  • May-June 431: Invasion of the Attic by the army Spartan. Installation of a Clérouquie with Égine. Alliance of Athens with the king of Thrace.
  • 430 : Beginning of the epidemic of plague in Athens. Revocation of Périclès. New invasion of the Attic.
  • Winter 430 - 429: Capitulation of Potidée in Chalcidique.
  • 429 : Plague. Re-election and died of Périclès. Sit of Platées by the army péloponnésienne.
  • 428 : Third invasion of the Attic. Revolt Lesbos, directed by Mitylène.
  • Spring 427: Capitulation of Mitylène. Installation of a Clérouquie.
  • Be 427: Capitulation of Foundations.
  • 427 : Beginning of the civil war with Corcyre.
  • 426 : The first Athenian forwarding in Sicily.
  • 425 : End of the civil war with Corcyre.
    • Spring: Fifth invasion of the Attic. Athenian naval forwarding along the coasts of the Peloponnese, until Pylos: blockade of the Spartans of Sphactérie.
    • Be: Revaluation of the tribute by Cléon.
  • 424 : Renewal of peace between Persian Athens and the . Athenian occupation of Cythère. Forwarding Spartan in Chalcidique: conquest of Amphipolis by Brasidas. Athenian defeat vis-a-vis the Béotie NS with Délion. Return of the Athenian fleet of Sicily.
  • 423 : Advent of Darius II in a disturbed context.
    • February: One year truce.
  • 422 : Battle of Amphipolis. Died of Brasidas and Cléon to Éion.
  • 421 : Fifty years peace between Sparte and Athens, known as “Peace of Nicias”.
  • 420 : Alcibiade elected Strategist in Athens.
  • 417 : Ostracism of Hyperbolos in Athens.
  • 416 : Tissapherne, satrap of Lydie, reduced the revolt of Pissouthnès.
  • 416 - 415: Forwarding against Mélos.
  • 415 - 413: Athenian Forwarding in Sicily. Disaster.
  • 413 : Installation of a commission of 10 Probouloi to revise the Athenian Constitution.
  • Spring: Occupation Spartan of the Décélie.
    • Be: Athenian defeat in Sicily.
    • Fall: Darius requires the tribute of the Ionian cities again.
  • Winter 413 - 412: Envoys of Tissapherne in Sparte. Athens supports the son of Pissouthnès.
  • 412 : Revolt allies of Athens. Treaty between Sparte and Persians.
  • Winter 412 - 411: Delay of Persian subsidies: second treaty between Sparte and Persians. Battle of Milet.
  • 411 : Coup d'etat reactionary in Athens (Four hundred). Intrigues of Alcibiade, which left the camp Spartan for Tissapherne and negotiates Persian alliance against its return to Athens. Failure.
    • Spring: Oligarchical revolution in Athens. Alcibiade with Samos. Reopening of the Straits.
    • May: Commission of the ten extended to Thirty and equipped with the full powerss.
    • At the beginning of June: Parliament of Columns. Government of the Four hundred
    • Be: Tergiversations of Tissapherne which is folded up on the south of the Asia Mineure. Alcibiade leaves to join it.
    • August: Assassination of Phrynichos. Government of the Five Thousand, around Théramène in Athens. Cruising of the fleet in the Straits. Victoire of Cynoséma close to Abydos. (End of the history of Thucydide).
    • Fall: Tensions between Persians and Péloponnésiens in Ionie. Return of Tissapherne. Péloponnésiens approach Pharnabaze, the satrap of Phrygie.
  • Winter 411 - 410: Mission of Alcibiade near Tissapherne to obtain subsidies; internee with Sardinian.
  • Spring 410: Re-establishment of the democracy in Athens and the Athenian power in Égée. Victoire with Cyzique of the fleet ordered by Alcibiade.
  • 409 : In Sicily, advanced Carthaginian and destruction of Sélinonte and Himère.
  • Winter 408 - 407: Darius II is committed supporting Péloponnésiens. Nomination of Cyrus to the head of the Lydie and the Phrygie, person in charge of military operations. Friendship of Cyrus and the Navarque Spartan Lysandre.
  • 407 : Ordering Lysandre of the fleet. Return of Alcibiade in Athens. Defeat of Concept and reprocesses in Thrace. (Beginning of the history of Xénophon).
  • 406 : Carthaginian conquest of Agrigente. Denys with the head of Syracuse with the full powerss. Lawsuit of the Athenian strategists.
    • Be: Victoire without a future of Athens to the islands Arginuses.
  • 405 : Defeat of the Athenians with Aigos Potamos. Carthaginian conquest of Froze and of Camarina.
    • September: Destruction of the Athenian fleet with Aigos-Potamos.
    • Fine 405: First peace treaty between Denys and Carthage.
  • 404 : Sit and rédition of Athens. End of the Peloponnesian War. Died of Darius II and advent of Artaxerxès II.
    • Spring 404: Rendering of Athens. The Athenian strategist Conon takes refuge with Cyprus, then near the king.
    • June-December: Mode of the Thirty in Athens.
    • December: Thrasybule seizes the fort of Phylé.
  • 404 - 403: Operation of Lysandre in Égée and Ionie.
    • Winter 404 - 403: Go of Thrasybule on Pirée. Battle of Mounychie. Release of Pirée.
  • 403 : Democratic restoration in Athens.
    • Fall: Pacification of the Attic by the king de Sparte Pausanias I {{er}}.
    • September: Battle close to Pirée. Negotiations and amnesties general in Athens. Fold of the Thirty with Éleusis.
    • Fine 403: Restoration of the democracy.
  • 403 - 399: Revision of the laws and change of alphabet to Athens.
  • 401 - 400: Revolt Cyrus the Young person against the king Artaxerxès II memnon his/her brother, it engages of the Greek mercenaries via a Spartan. Forwarding in Mésopotamie. Battle of Counaxa and died of Cyrus. “Anabase” of the Ten Thousand.

hellenistic Time

End of the IVe century

  • 323 - 321: First period of the wars of succession (fight enters the Diadoque S).

  • 322 : Defeat of the fleet of the Greek cities revolted in water of Amorgos; demolished Army to the Battle of Crannon. Died of Démosthène, Hypéride and Aristote. End of the lamiaque War. Garrison Macedonian with the Pirée. Oligarchical government of Phocion to Athens.
  • 321 : Died of Perdiccas and Crater. Conference of Triparadisos.
  • 321 - 316: Second period of the wars of succession (fight enters Diadoques).
  • 319 : Died of Antipater. Polyperchon succeeds to him in Greece. Amnesties of Polyperchon. Democratic restoration.
  • 318 : Died of Philippe Arrhidée. Olympias seizes the power. With Athens, government of Démétrios de Phalère. main Cassandre of the Pirée.
  • 317 : Beginning of the government of Démétrios de Phalère. Constitution censitaire.
  • 316: Died of Olympias. Agathoclès, Strategist of Sicily with the full powerss. Died of Eumène.
  • 315 - 311: Third period of the wars of succession (fight enters Diadoques).
  • 311 : Release of the islands. League Islanders.
  • 311 - 306: War of Agathoclès against Carthage.
  • 310 : Died of Alexandre IV. main Cassandre of the Macedonia.
  • 307 : Démétrios Poliorcète in Athens and release of Pirée. End of the government of Démétrios de Phalère. Democratic restoration.
  • 306 : Victoire of Salamine of Cyprus. Antigone One-eyed the and Démétrios Poliorcète take the royal title.
  • 306 - 305: “Year of the kings”.
  • 306 - 304: Ptolémée, Séleucos, Cassandre, Lysimaque and Agathoclès takes the royal title. Sit of Rhodos by Démétrios Poliorcète.
  • 305 - 304: Athens stake between Cassandre and Démétrios. Démétrios supported by the Demagogs (Stratoclès).
  • 305 - 303: Countryside of Séleucos in central Asia and India.
  • 301 : Battle of Ipsos. Died of Antigone. The moderate ones are with the capacity in Athens (tendency Phaidros). Policy of neutrality.

  • 299 : Agathoclès of Syracuse takes Corcyre.

  • 297 : Died of Cassandre. Restoration of Pyrrhos in Épire.
  • 295 : Military tyranny of Lacharès. Democratic resistance to the Pirée.
  • 294 : Démétrios I {{er}} Poliorcète, king of Macedonia, control Athens and the central Greece after the fall of Lacharès. Authoritarian regime and famine.
  • 292 - 287: Oligarchical period, after the recall of the exiled oligarchs.
  • 290 - 289: Conflict between Pyrrhus Ier and Démétrios, which occupies Corcyre. Died of Agathocle.
  • 288 : Divide of Macedonia between Pyrrhos and Lysimaque.
  • 288 - 287: Election and re-election of Phaidros like Strategist of the Hoplite S.
  • Spring 287: Rising against the garrison Macedonian. Intervention of the fleet lagide ordered by Kallias, brother of Phaidros. Failure of the seat by Démétrios. Peace between Ptolémée I {{er}} and Démétrios: release of Athens but not of the Pirée.
  • Be 287: Athens is released from the garrison Macedonian.
  • 287 - 262: Democratic period in Athens. Friendship Lagide.
  • 286 : Evacuation of the garrison Macedonian of Éleusis.
  • 286 - 281: Unfruitful attempts to recover Pirée.
  • 285 : Lysimaque only king in Macedonia. Démétrios captive of Séleucos.
  • 283 - 280: Died of the last Diadoque S.
  • 283: Died of Démétrios and Ptolémée Ist Advent of Ptolémée II: apogee of the kingdom lagide.
  • 282 - 281: Evacuation of the garrison of Salamine. Covering of the Clérouquie S.
  • 281: Battle of Couroupédion in Lydie. Died of Lysimaque. Advent of Aréos to Sparte.
  • 280 : Died of Séleucos. Ptolémée Kéraunos main of Macedonia. Voted posthumous honors with Démosthène.
  • 280 - 275: Pyrrhos, king d' Épire, in Italy and Sicily. Roman Victoire.
  • 279 - 278: Invasion gallate in Macedonia and Greece (Great forwarding). Died of Ptolémée Kéraunos while fighting against them. Advent of Antigone Gonatas in Macedonia. Rise of the Confederation étolienne.
  • 278 : Participation of Athens in the fight against the Celtic .
  • 274 - 272: First war of Syria, between Lagides and Séleucides.
  • 272 : Embassy of Ptolémée II near the Roman Senate. Beginning of the friendship enters the lagides and Rome.
  • 270 : Honors voted with the democrat Léocharès and Kallias de Sphettos, the “liberator” of 287.
  • Towards 268: Hiéron, king with Syracuse.
  • 268 - 267? : Archontat of Peithidémos: beginning of the war against Antigone (war of Chrémonidès); alliance of Athens with Sparte (decree of Chrémonidès).
  • 267 ? : Forces lagides and antigonides in Attic.
  • Towards 267 - 262: War of Chrémonidès.
  • 265 - 262? : Sit of Athens.
  • 263 : Independence of Pergame.
  • 262 : Occupation and administration Macedonian of Athens.
  • 260 - 253: Second war of Syria.
  • 256 - 255: Evacuation of Athens, but not of the external garrisons.
  • 251 : Beginning of the rise of the Achaean Confederation.
  • Towards 250: Loss of the Eastern borders of the Empire séleucide.
  • 246 : End of the reign of Ptolémée II.
  • 246 - 241: Changes of reign and third war of Syria.
  • 240 - 238: “Fratricidal War” in the kingdom séleucide and constitution of the kingdom of Pergame.
  • 244 : Visit of Antigone to Athens.
  • 244 - 222: Time of the reforming kings with Sparte.
  • Spring 243: Insecurity in Athens after the occupation of Corinth by Aratos de Sicyone.
  • 238 : Evacuation of the fortresses of the countryside by Démétrios II.
  • 231 - 230: End of the kingdom of Épire.
  • 229 : Died of Démétrios II. Negotiation of the withdrawal of the garrison of Pirée. Policy of neutrality and non-intervention, directed by Euryceidès and Mikion. Roman intervention in Adriatic.
  • 229 - 228: First war of Illyrie.
  • 227 : Earthquake with Rhodos. Constitution of the Roman province of Sicily.
  • 227 - 222: War of Cléomène. Reconstitution of the Hellenic League.
  • 223 : Advent of Antiochos III. General revolt.
  • 221 : Advent of Philippe V.
  • 221 - 217: Fourth war of Syria. Battle of Raffia. War of Combined between Étoliens and the Hellenic League. Peace of Naupacte.
  • 219 : Second war of Illyrie. Beginning of the Second Punic War. Corn lagide delivery in Rome in period of shortage.
  • 215 : Alliance of Philippe V of Macedonia and Hannibal. Beginning of the first war of Macedonia.
  • 212 : Treaty romano-étolien. Intervention of Rome in the war.
  • 211 : Alliance of Rome and the League étolienne with the towns of Sparte, Messène and Elect against Philippe V of Macedonia.
  • 205 : End of the first war of Macedonia. First Roman intervention in the kingdom lagide. With the advent of a king-child (Ptolémée V) and whereas Antiochos III is with the doors of the Egypt, Rome the withdrawal of Séleucide obtains.
  • 202 : End of the second Punic War.
  • 200 : Alliance of Attale de Pergame and Rome.

  • 89 - 85: First mithridatic war (Sylla).

  • 88 : Massacre Italians of Asia.
  • 86 : victory of Sylla to the third battle of Chéronée over an army of Mithridate VI.
  • 80: Intervention of Sylla: with died of Ptolémée IX, without legitimate male heir, Sylla installs on the throne the prince of its choice, Ptolémée XI Alexandre II.
  • 74 - 70: Second mithridatic war (Lucullus).
  • 67 - 63: Third mithridatic war and reorganization of the the East by Pumped. End of the kingdom séleucide.
  • 63 : End of the reign of Mithridate VI.
  • 58 : Ptolémée XII Aulète takes refuge near Pompée with Rome.
  • 55 : Intervention of the governor of Syria Gabinius. Ptolémée Aulète is restored on the throne.
  • 54 - 51: Caius Rabirius Postumus is Minister for Finance of the kingdom lagide.
  • 51 : Advent of Cléopâtre to Alexandria.
  • 48 : First civil war. Battle of Pharsale in Thessalie. Execution of Pumped taken refuge in Egypt.
  • 48 - 47: Rising of Alexandria. Campaigns of César in Egypt and in the Bridge. To be used the interests as Cléopâtre, it liquidates its brother-husband, Ptolémée XIII and puts on the puîné throne, Ptolémée XIV. Connection with Cléopâtre. Birth of Ptolémée XV (Césarion).
  • 47 - 44: Cléopâtre and Césarion with Rome.
  • 44 : Recasting of Corinth by César, like Roman colony.
  • 41 - 30: Intervention of Antoine. Connection with Cléopâtre and birth of three children.
  • 42 : Second civil war. Battle of Philips in Macedonia.
  • 34 : Antoine in Alexandria. Reorganization of the East around Alexandria.
  • 31 : Battle of Actium.
  • 30: Organization of the province of Egypt after the suicide of Cléopâtre and Marc Antoine.
  • 27 : Constitution of the province of Achaïe.

Roman Greece

See also: Roman Greece

Note : the dates of this part are after Jesus-Christ.

  • 25 : Died of Strabon.

  • 66 - 67: Release of the Greeks by Néron and abolition of the province of Achaïe.
  • 74 : Antiphilosophic reaction and antihellenist of Vespasien. Re-establishment of the province of Achaïe.
  • Towards 120: Died of Plutarque.
  • 124 - 125: First voyage of Hadrian in Greece and Asia.
  • 128 - 129: Second voyage of Hadrian.
  • 131 - 132: Third voyage of Hadrian. Foundation of the Panhellénion.
  • Medium of the 2nd century: Description of Greece ( Périégèse ) of Pausanias. History of Arrien (the Anabase of Alexandre and the Histoire of Diadoques , of which there remain only fragments).
  • 162 : Odéon of Hérode Atticus with Athens.
  • 166 : Large Plague.
  • 170 : Invasion of the Costoboques.
  • 267 : Invasion of the Hérules.
  • 393 : Last Olympiad.

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