| 1200 |
|
Collapse of Mycenean Greece |
| 1200–800 |
|
Greek Dark Ages |
| 750–700 |
|
Composition of Homeric poems |
| 700–650 |
|
Introduction of hoplites and the tactics of the phalanx; beginning of Greek Lyric poetry |
| 560 |
|
Spartan War with Tegea |
| 494 |
|
Spartan victory over Argos at Sepeia |
| 490 |
|
Battle of Marathon |
| 480–479 |
|
Conclusion of the Persian War at Thermopylai, Salamis, and Plataia |
| 471 |
|
Collapse of Arcadians at Dipaia |
| 457 |
|
Athenian defeat at Tanagra but subsequent victory over Boiotians at Oinophyta |
| 447 |
|
Victory of Thebes over Athens at the first battle of Koroneia |
| 431 |
|
Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War; first Spartan invasion of Attica |
| 424 |
|
Athenian disaster at Delion |
| 422 |
|
Death of Brasidas and Kleon at Amphipolis |
| 418 |
|
First battle of Mantineia |
| 415 |
|
Athenian victory at Syracuse |
| 413 |
|
Athenian disaster on the heights of Epipolai and final Athenian defeat in Sicily |
| 403 |
|
Thrasyboulos’ victory at the Piraieus |
| 401 |
|
Kunaxa and retreat of Xenophon’s Ten Thousand |
| 395 |
|
Death of Lysander at Haliartos |
| 394 |
|
Spartan victories at the Nemea River and the second battle of Koroneia |
| 390 |
|
Destruction of Spartan regiment at Corinth |
| 377 |
|
Invasion of Boiotia by Agesilaos |
| 371 |
|
Spartan disaster at Leuktra |
| 362 |
|
Second battle of Mantineia and death of Epameinondas |
| 339 |
|
Victory of Timoleon over the Carthaginians at Krimesos |
| 338 |
|
Defeat of Greeks at Chaironeia and triumph of Macedon |
