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c. 580 BCEAgrigento in Sicily is founded by colonists from Gela, Crete and Rhodes.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 549 BCEThe tyrant Phalaris rules Agrigento, expanding its territory.
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c. 510 BCEThe temple of Hercules is built at Agrigento.
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492 BCE - 432 BCELife of the philosopher Empidocles of Agrigento.
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c. 489 BCE - c. 473 BCEThe tyrant Theron rules Agrigento.
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480 BCEAgrigento defeats Carthage at the battle of Himera.
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c. 480 BCEThe huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
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450 BCE - 430 BCEThe Temple of Concordia is built at Agrigento.
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c. 430 BCEThe temple of Hephaistos is built at Agrigento.
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413 BCEAgrigento remains neutral in the war between Athens and Syracuse.
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406 BCEAgrigento is attacked and destroyed by Carthage.
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400 BCE - 390 BCEA sanctuary to Asclepius is built at Agrigento.
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282 BCEGela, on Sicily, is destroyed by Phintias, the tyrant of Agrigento.
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262 BCERome besieges and sacks Agrigento on Sicily in one of the first actions of the First Punic War.
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210 BCERome attacks Agrigento.