*TIMELINE*

                              TIMELINE    800 BC - 100 BC                                    

776 BC
The first Olympic games.
				about 750 BC
				Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics 'The Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.
650 - 580 BC
Corinth is ruled by the tyrant Kypselos and then his son Periander.
				508 BC
				Democracy begins in Athens
490 and 480 BC
Greeks defeat Persian invaders at the battles of Marathon (490 BC)and Salamis (480 BC).
				by 450 BC
				Athens becomes a very powerful city, and controls an empire.
472 - 410 BC
Greeks theatre thrives in Athens. Many of the most famous Greek plays are written during this time.
				462 - 429 BC
				Perikles is the popular leader at Athens as the general of the Athenian army
432 BC
The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.
				431 - 404 BC
				War between Athens and Sparta (the Peloponnesian war)
428 BC
The revolt of Mytilene
				404 BC
				Sparta defeats Athens.
338 BC
Philip, king of Macedonia, takes control of Greece.
				336 - 323 BC
				Alexander the Great, son of Philip, conquers most of the known world as far east as India.
146 BC
Rome conquers Greece - Greece becomes part of the Roman empire.