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c. 9th C. B.C.
c. 8th C. B.C.
7th C. B.C.
6th C. B.C.
The following timeline of the Archaic Era of Greece and Legendary Period of Rome shows some of the major elements (mostly people) divided into Greek on the left and Roman in the next column. A third column links to articles on this site on a sampling of topics connected with the sixth century B.C., which is part of the Archaic/Legendary period.
During the sixth century, Athens instituted direct democracy and developed drama, the pan-Hellenic Pythian, Isthmean, and Nemean games were instituted in Delphi, Corinth, and Nemea, in Greece, and the Romans launched their own mixed form of government after they expelled their Etruscan kings.


The Greco-Persian Wars were a couple of years away and Rome had yet to become a major player on the world scene.

ARCHAIC PERIOD GREECE / LEGENDARY ROME

- to 500 B.C.

Archaic Greece Legendary Rome Homer 800 B.C. Rise of the aristocracies 800 B.C. Settlement on Palatine 800-700 B.C. Hellenes and Etruscans in Italy 776 B.C. Olympic Games established c. 750 B.C. Colonization of Southern Italy and Sicily 753 B.C. Romulus founds city of Rome c. 700 B.C. Hesiod 763-673 B.C. Numa Pompilius 715-642 B.C. Tullus Hostilius 621 B.C. Draco's code of law in Athens 642-617 B.C. Ancus Marcius and the extension of Rome's power to the coast. c. 600 B.C. Sappho (lyric poet) c. 600 B.C. Thales (philosopher) 594-593 B.C. Solon 616-579 B.C. L. Tarquinius Priscus 578-535 B.C. Servius Tullius 545-510 B.C. Tyranny of the Peisistratids 533 B.C. Thespis wins first tragedy competition 508 B.C. Cleisthenes reforms 534-510 B.C. L. Tarquinius Superbus 509 B.C. Romans overthrow Tarquinius Superbus; treaty with Carthage

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