Hellenistic period (323 BC - 146 BC).323 King Alexander dies, his generals vie for power in Wars of the Diadochi:Antigonus- Macedon, Antipater- Macedon, Seleucus- Babylonia and Syria, Ptolemy- Egypt, ...
Classical period (500 BC - 323 BC).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 Sim ...
Archaic GreeceArchaic Period (800 BC - 480 BC).776 Traditional date for the first historic Olympic games.757 The First Messenian War starts. (Date disputed by Jerome, Pausanias and Diodorus; this esti ...
