Cleopatra

800

776

750

700

650

625

626

500

450

430

EGYPT

Persians rule Egypt

Geometric Period

GREECE

Persian Wars

Classical Period

Olympic Games started

Coinage invented

Homer composes Iliad and Odyssey

Romulus founds Rome

ITALY

Etruscans rule northern Italy

Roman Republic established

Capitoline Wolf

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