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c. 5000 BCE

Earliest Neolithic finds in the Corinth area.
c. 750 BCE

The Bacchiadae take power in Corinth.
733 BCE

Corinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.
c. 733 BCE

Traditional date when Corinth founds a colony on Corcyra.
c. 700 BCE

Corinthians adopt the trireme from the Phoenicians.
660 BCE

Corcyra wins a naval battle against their founding city of Corinth.
c. 657 BCE - 585 BCE

The Kypselidai are tyrants of Corinth.
c. 627 BCE - c. 587 BCE

Periander is tyrant at Corinth.
c. 625 BCE

Black-figure pottery created in Corinth.
c. 625 BCE - 600 BCE

The orientalizing style of Greek pottery becomes popular in Corinth.
c. 620 BCE - 600 BCE

Proto-corinthian reaches its zenith in artistic quality producing the best pottery in Greece.
585 BCE

An oligarchy of 80 takes power at Corinth.
580 BCE

First athletic games at Isthmia.
c. 550 BCE - c. 366 BCE

Peloponnesian League alliance between Sparta, Corinth, Elis and Tegea which establishes Spartan hegemony over the Peloponnese.
c. 550 BCE

The temple of Apollo is constructed at Corinth.
525 BCE

Sparta and Corinth unsuccessfully attack Polycrates of Samos.
436 BCE - 435 BCE

Expedition of Pericles into the Black Sea. Corcyra/Epidamnus affair draws in Corinth and the Athenians.
433 BCE

A naval battle between the victorious combined forces of Corcyra and Athens against Corinth.
429 BCE

Athens successfully campaigns in the Corinthian Gulf regions during the Peloponnesian War.
421 BCE - 416 BCE

"Cold war' between Athens and Corinth.
c. 411 BCE - c. 337 BCE

Life of Corinthian general Timoleon.
395 BCE - 386 BCE

The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens, Corinth, Argos, Boeotia and Thebes.
390 BCE

Athenian leader Iphikrates employs peltasts to defeat Spartan hoplites at Lechaion near Corinth.
c. 354 BCE

Xenophon dies at Athens or Corinth.
338 BCE

Philip of Macedonia defeats the Greek allied forces of Athens, Thebes and Corinth in the Battle of Chaironeia.
337 BCE

The League of Corinth is created by Philip II of Macedon.
243 BCE

Corinth joins the Archaean League.
243 BCE

Corinth is attacked and brought into the Achaean League.
225 BCE

Macedonians bring an army across the Isthmus to face another Achaian force trying to take Corinth.
146 BCE

Rome sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league. Greece is ruled by Rome.
44 BCE

Julius Caesar founds the Roman colony of Corinth.
67 CE

Under Nero excavation of the Corinth Canal begins but is abandoned after three months.
267 CE

The Goths sack Athens, Corinth, Sparta, and Argos.
c. 396 CE

Corinth burned by the Visigoths under Alaric.
1397 CE

The Knights Hospitaller buy Corinth from the Byzantine Empire.
1403 CE

The Knights Hospitaller lose control of Corinth to the Ottomans.

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5000 BCE: Earliest Neolithic finds in the Corinth area.

750 BCE: The Bacchiadae take power in Corinth.

733 BCE: Corinth founds the colony of Syracuse in Sicily.

733 BCE: Traditional date when Corinth founds a colony on Corcyra.

700 BCE: Corinthians adopt the trireme from the Phoenicians.

660 BCE: Corcyra wins a naval battle against their founding city of Corinth.

657 BCE - 585 BCE: The Kypselidai are tyrants of Corinth.

627 BCE - 587 BCE: Periander is tyrant at Corinth.

625 BCE: Black-figure pottery created in Corinth.

625 BCE - 600 BCE: The orientalizing style of Greek pottery becomes popular in Corinth.

620 BCE - 600 BCE: Proto-corinthian reaches its zenith in artistic quality producing the best pottery in Greece.

585 BCE: An oligarchy of 80 takes power at Corinth.

580 BCE: First athletic games at Isthmia.

550 BCE - 366 BCE: Peloponnesian League alliance between Sparta, Corinth, Elis and Tegea which establishes Spartan hegemony over the Peloponnese.

550 BCE: The temple of Apollo is constructed at Corinth.

525 BCE: Sparta and Corinth unsuccessfully attack Polycrates of Samos.

436 BCE - 435 BCE: Expedition of Pericles into the Black Sea. Corcyra/Epidamnus affair draws in Corinth and the Athenians.

433 BCE: A naval battle between the victorious combined forces of Corcyra and Athens against Corinth.

429 BCE: Athens successfully campaigns in the Corinthian Gulf regions during the Peloponnesian War.

421 BCE - 416 BCE: "Cold war' between Athens and Corinth.

411 BCE - 337 BCE: Life of Corinthian general Timoleon.

395 BCE - 386 BCE: The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens, Corinth, Argos, Boeotia and Thebes.

390 BCE: Athenian leader Iphikrates employs peltasts to defeat Spartan hoplites at Lechaion near Corinth.

354 BCE: Xenophon dies at Athens or Corinth.

338 BCE: Philip of Macedonia defeats the Greek allied forces of Athens, Thebes and Corinth in the Battle of Chaironeia.

337 BCE: The League of Corinth is created by Philip II of Macedon.

243 BCE: Corinth joins the Archaean League.

243 BCE: Corinth is attacked and brought into the Achaean League.

225 BCE: Macedonians bring an army across the Isthmus to face another Achaian force trying to take Corinth.

146 BCE: Rome sacks Corinth and dissolves the Achaean league. Greece is ruled by Rome.

44 BCE: Julius Caesar founds the Roman colony of Corinth.

67 CE: Under Nero excavation of the Corinth Canal begins but is abandoned after three months.

267 CE: The Goths sack Athens, Corinth, Sparta, and Argos.

396 CE: Corinth burned by the Visigoths under Alaric.

1397 CE: The Knights Hospitaller buy Corinth from the Byzantine Empire.

1403 CE: The Knights Hospitaller lose control of Corinth to the Ottomans.

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