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Ancient Greece

100

This city-state is famous for developing democracy.

Athens

200

This city-state was known for its strict military upbringing and the agoge training system.

Sparta

300

These heavily armed Greek foot soldiers carried large round shields and long spears.

Hoplite

400

This term describes a government ruled by a small group of powerful people, like in Sparta.

Oligarchy

500

This building, constructed on the Acropolis during Athens’ Golden Age, symbolised Athenian power and pride.

The Parthenon

Marathon

100

The Battle of Marathon took place in this year.

490 BCE

200

This Persian king ordered the invasion that led to Marathon.

Darius

300

This Athenian general helped lead the Greeks to victory at Marathon.

Miltiades

400

The Persians invaded Greece partly to punish Athens for supporting this earlier revolt in Asia Minor.

Ionian Revolt

500

The Athenians fought the Persians at Marathon partly to defend this political system from foreign control.

Democracy

Thermopylae

100

The Battle of Thermopylae took place in this year.

480 BCE

200

This Spartan king led the Greek forces at Thermopylae.

Leonidas

300

Thermopylae was strategically important because it was this type of geographic feature.

Narrow mountain pass

400

This Persian king led the invasion of Greece at Thermopylae.

Xerxes

500

Although the Greeks lost at Thermopylae, the battle is considered significant because it achieved this strategic outcome for the wider war.

It delayed the Persians and boosted Greek morale / unity

Peloponnesian War

100

This war was fought mainly between Athens and this rival city-state.

Sparta

200

The Peloponnesian War began in this year.

431 BCE

300

This Athenian leader guided Athens at the start of the war.

Pericles

400

This devastating thing struck Athens early in the war and killed many citizens, including Pericles.

Plague of Athens

500

This historian wrote a detailed account of the Peloponnesian War and aimed to record events accurately rather than rely on myth.

Thucydides

Greek Religion

100

What is the name for the mountain believed to be the home of the Greek gods?

Mount Olympus

200

This god was considered the king of the gods and ruler of the sky and thunder.

Zeus

300

In Greek religion, this god of wine, theatre, and madness was worshipped with dramatic festivals in Athens.

Dionysus

400

The name of the play with Dionysus at the centre.

The Bacchae

500

This religious practice involved travelling to a sacred site, such as Delphi, to seek guidance from a god.

Consulting an oracle