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c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCEHomer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
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800 BCE - 500 BCEGreek colonization of the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
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c. 800 BCE - 500 BCEArchaic period of Greece.
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c. 733 BCETraditional date when Corinth founds a colony on Corcyra.
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733 BCECorinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
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683 BCE - 682 BCEList of annual archons at Athens begins.
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c. 650 BCESparta crushes Messenian revolt.
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650 BCE - 600 BCEAge of law-givers in Greece.
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650 BCEEarliest large scale Greek marble sculpture.
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594 BCE - 593 BCEIn Athens the archon Solon lays the foundations for democracy.
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c. 580 BCEThe kouroi of Argos, thought to represent Cleobis & Biton, are sculpted.
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546 BCE - 545 BCEPersian conquest of Ionian Greek city-states.
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539 BCEEtruscan & Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.
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514 BCEFall of the Peisistratid tyranny in Athens.
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499 BCE - 493 BCEIonian cities rebel against Persian rule.
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c. 498 BCEIonians and Greek allies invade and burn Sardis (capital of Lydia).
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c. 495 BCEBirth of Pericles.
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492 BCEDarius I of Persia invades Greece.
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11 Sep 490 BCEA combined force of Greek hoplites defeat the Persians at Marathon.
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487 BCE - 486 BCEArchons begin to be appointed by lot in Athens.
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c. 483 BCEThemistocles persuades the Athenians to significantly expand their fleet, which saves them at Salamis and becomes their source of power.
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480 BCEThebes sides with Persia during Xerxes invasion of Greece.
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Aug 480 BCEBattle of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans under King Leonidas and other Greek allies hold back the Persians led by Xerxes I for three days but are defeated.
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Sep 480 BCEBattle of Salamis where the Greek naval fleet led by Themistocles defeats the invading armada of Xerxes I of Persia.