Classical+Greece

Classical Greece What is it: Classical Greece. Where was it: Greece. When was it: 510 BC - 323 BC. Way of Living: Theatre for entertainment and to watch dramas that they could relate to, including tragedies and comedies. These often involved current politics and gods in some form. It is thought that women were not allowed to watch theater or perform at the theatre, although male actors did play women roles. Why did that civilisation fall: Yes it did fall, but it was unknown why it did.

In Classical Greece there was the Persian Wars 490 BC - 479 BC, Golden Age of Athens 480 BC - 430 BC, Peloponnesian Wars 431 BC - 404 BC, Philip II is king of Macedonia 359 BC - 336 BC and Alexander the Great's conquests 336 BC - 323 BC.

Classical Greece was a 200 year period in Greek culture lasting from the 5th through 4th centuries BC. Classical period saw the annexation of much of modern day Greece by the Persian Empire, its subsequent independence, and it also had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire  and greatly influenced the foundations of Western Civilization. Much of modern Western politics, artistic thought, such as architecture, scientific thought,liter, and philosophy derives from this period of Greek History. In the context of the art, architecture, and culture of Ancient Greece, the Classical period, sometimes called the Hellenic period, corresponds to most of the 5th and 4th centuries BC (the most common dates being the fall of the last Athenian tyrant  in 510 BC to the death of Alexander The Great in 323 BC). The Classical period in this sense follows the Archaic period and is in turn succeeded by the Hellenistic period
 * By Adam Mercuri **