Height of Athenian power. Art, architecture, and democracy were at their highest state.
431 BCE - 404 BCE
Sparta vs. Athens
Alexander the Great
336 BCE - 323 BCE
Great conqueror and lover of Greek culture, he set out to try and conquer the world. He successfully took over Greece, Egypt, and further east into Asia, almost to India.
336 BCE - 30 BCE
Greek culture spreads to areas conquered by Alexander.
753 BCE - 509 BCE
The king took advice from a council of elders, which limited his power. His position was not hereditary; instead, he was elected by a committee of 300 members of the ruling patrician class - the Senate.