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This is a timeline of ancient Greece from its emergence around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Empire in 146 BC. For earlier times, see Greek Dark Ages, Aegean civilizations and Mycenaean Greece. For later times see Roman Greece, Byzantine Empire and Ottoman Greece. For modern Greece after 1820, see Timeline of modern Greek history.
The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 – c. 800 BC) refers to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC to the rise of the first Greek city-states in the 9th century BC and the epics of Homer and earliest writings in the Greek alphabet in the 8th century BC.
This is a timeline of modern Greek history. Greek War of Independence (1821–1828) Part of a series on the. History of Greece; Neolithic Greece. Pelasgians;
Classical antiquity is a term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It refers to the timeframe of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. [41] [42] Ancient history includes the recorded Greek history beginning in about 776 BC (First Olympiad).
Ottoman Greece (1453–1821 AD) History of modern Greece (from the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 to today) Greek War of Independence (1821–1829/32) Greece under King Otto (1832–1862) History of Greece (1864–1909) History of Greece (1909–1924) History of Greece (1924–1941) Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)
The Greek language became a favorite of the educated and elite in Rome, such as Scipio Africanus, who tended to study philosophy and regarded Greek culture and science as an example to be followed. The Roman Emperor Nero visited Greece in 66 AD, and performed at the Ancient Olympic Games , despite the rules against non-Greek participation.
Statues at the "House of Cleopatra" in Delos, Greece. Man and woman wearing the himation Kylix , the most common drinking vessel in ancient Greece The Parthenon , shows the common structural features of Ancient Greek architecture: crepidoma , columns , entablature , and pediment Ancient Greek theatre in Delos Odeon of Herodes Atticus Portrait ...
Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilisation, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and communities.