1. Spartan Timeline: Attach each event to the right time
2000 BC
Persian Wars: Marathon
Messenian Helots revolt (2nd Messenian War)
1500 BC BC
Spartans invade Messenia (1st Messenian War) BC
1000 BC
Spartan expansion within Laconia (5th village)
Mycenean Civilisation
800 BC
800 BC
735 BC
735 BC
Dorians invade and settle
Sparta and Laconia
700 BC
Persian Wars: Thermopylae
670 BC
670 BC
650 BC
650 BC
Defeat at Leuctra: End of the Spartan system
600 BC
Peloponnesian League
555 BC
Persian Wars: Plataea / Salamis
Spartan artefacts ‘disappear’
500 BC
500 BC
490 BC
490 BC
480 BC
“Lycurgus” introduces radical new Spartan system
479 BC
479 BC BC
400 BC
Peloponnesian War (vs Athens)
370 BC
371 BC

2. Spartan Timeline 2000 BC 1500 BC Mycenean Civilisation
Dorians invade and settle
Sparta and Laconia
1000 BC
Spartan expansion within Laconia (5th village)
800 BC
Spartans invade Messenia (1st Messenian War)
735 BC
700 BC
Messenian Helots revolt (2nd Messenian War)
670 BC
650 BC
“Lycurgus” introduces radical new Spartan system
600 BC
Peloponnesian League
Spartan artefacts ‘disappear’
500 BC
490 BC
Persian Wars: Marathon
Persian Wars: Thermopylae / Artemisium
479 BC
Persian Wars: Plataea / Salamis
Peloponnesian War (vs Athens)
400 BC
Defeat at Leuctra: End of the Spartan system
371 BC