Books
Period
Ancient Greece
c. 1100–146 BCE
Ancient Greece covers the Greek world from the centuries after the collapse of the Mycenaean palace system through the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods to Rome’s conquest of Greece in 146 BCE. It includes the rise of the polis, overseas colonisation, the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, Macedonian expansion and the successor kingdoms that followed Alexander the Great.
Greek communities shared language, sanctuaries, myths and cultural traditions without forming a single state. Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, Macedon and the island and coastal cities developed different political systems and repeatedly competed for power, while Greek philosophy, drama, historiography, art and political thought acquired influence far beyond the Aegean.
Related people for Ancient Greece
Aeschylus526 BCE–457 BCE Alexander of Lyncestisc. 5th century BCE–331 BCE Alexander the Great357 BCE–324 BCE Antigonus I Monophthalmusc. 382–301 BCE Antipater398 BCE–320 BCE Antipater of Sidonc. 3rd century BCE–c. 2nd century BCE Apollonius of Rhodes296 BCE–216 BCE Aristidesc. 530–468 BCE Aristophanes446 BCE–386 BCE Aristotle385 BCE–323 BCE Atossa550–475 BCE Bagoasc. 5th century BCE–c. 4th century BCE Cassander356 BCE–297 BCE Cimonc. 510–450 BCE Confucius551 BCE–479 BCE Darius Ic. 550–486 BCE Darius III381 BCE–331 BCE Dion of Syracuse410 BCE–355 BCE Dionysius II of Syracuse398 BCE–344 BCE Euripidesc. 480s BCE–c. 400s BCE Eurydice II of Macedon337 BCE–318 BCE Hephaestionc. 356 BCE–324 BCE Herodotus485 BCE–426 BCE Hesiodborn 777 BCE Hipparchus6th century BCE–514 BCE Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Leonidas Idied 481 BCE Lysanderd. 395 BCE Mardoniusc. 7th century BCE–480 BCE Miltiades555 BCE–490 BCE Olympias376 BCE–317 BCE Parmenion401 BCE–330 BCE Perdiccas366 BCE–322 BCE Periclesc. 495–429 BCE Philip III of Macedon360 BCE–318 BCE Philip II of Macedonc. 382–336 BCE Philip V of Macedon238–179 BCE Platoc. 420s BCE–c. 340s BCE Plautusc. 254–184 BCE Polycrates575 BCE–523 BCE Ptolemy I Soter369/368–282 BCE Pythagorasc. 6th century BCE–c. 490s BCE Roxana348 BCE–311 BCE Sapphoc. 7th century BCE–571 BCE Simonides of Ceosc. 556–468 BCE Socrates471 BCE–400 BCE Sophocles497 BCE–407 BCE Terencec. 195/185–c. 159 BCE Themistoclesc. 524–c. 459 BCE Thrasybulusc. 440s–388 BCE Thucydidesc. 460s BCE–396 BCE Titus Quinctius Flamininus230 BCE–175 BCE Xanthippus526 BCE–476 BCE Xenophon431 BCE–355 BCE Xerxes I520 BCE–466 BCE
Non-Fiction
30 Best Non-Fiction Books About Ancient Greece
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.
