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Governments of Greece

 


 

Athens

(city-state, capital of Attica)
   
  Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

560 - 527 BC

Peisistratus
   

527 - 510 BC

Hippias

 

 

...

 

 

 

431 - 404 BC

Peloponnesian War

 

 

404 - 403 BC

The Thirty Tyrants
(oligarchy imposed by Sparta, and led by Critias)
   
   
   

Argos

(capital of Argolis)
   
  Monarchy
   
  King:
   

7th cent. BC

Pheidon
   
   
   

Corinth

 
   

... until 583 BC

Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

657 - 628 BC

Cypselus (also spelled Kypselos)

 

 
   
   

Gela

(until 485 BC: capital of Sicily, Magna Graecia)
   

 

Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

498 - 491 BC

Hippocrates of Gela

 

 

491 - 485 BC

Gelon
(In 485 BC, Gelon moved his capital to Syracuse)

 

 

485 - ... BC

Hieron
(brother of Gelon)

 

 
   
   

Macedonia

 
   
  Monarchy
   
  King:
   

450 - 413 BC

Perdiccas II

 

 

413 - 399 BC

Archelaus (son of Perdiccas II)

 

 

...

 

 

 

393 - 369 BC

Amyntas III

 

 

...

 

 

 

359 - 336 BC

Philip II (son of Amyntas III)

 

 

336 - 323 BC

Alexander III the Great (son of Philip II)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miletus

(capital of Caria, Ionia)
   
  Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

Beginning of 6th century BC

Thrasybulus
   

6th century BC

Histiaeus
   

6th century BC

(now part of the Lydian Empire)
   

6th century BC

(now part of the Persian Empire)
   

499 - 494 BC

 Ionian Revolt

 

 

494 BC

(back in the lap of the Persian Empire)

 

 

492 - 449 BC

 Greco-Persian Wars

 

 

479 BC

(now part of the Delian Amphictyony, Athens ally)

 

 

442 BC

(now under the rule of Samos)

 

 
   
   

Samos

(island)
   
  Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

540 - 522 BC

Polycrates
   

522 BC

(now part of the Persian Empire)
   
   
   

Sparta

(city-state, capital of Laconia)
   
  Dual Monarchy
   
  Kings:
   

... - 469 BC

Leotychides
   

469 - 427 BC

Archidamus II (grandson of Leotychides)
   

427 - 399 BC

Agis II
   

399 - 360 BC

Agesilaus II (son of Archidamus II)
   

 

 
   

Sicyon

(city)
   
  Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

6th century BC

Cleisthenes
   
   
   

Syracuse

(from 485 BC: capital of Sicily, Magna Graecia. Before 485 BC, the capital was Gela.)
   

485 - 466 BC

Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

485 - 478 BC

Gelon

 

 

478 - 466 BC

Hieron I
(brother of Gelon)

 

 

466 BC

Thrasybulus

 

 

 

 

466 - 405 BC

Democracy
   
   

405 - ... BC

Tyranny
   
  Tyrant:
   

405 - 367 BC

Dionysius I the Elder

 

 

367 - 357 BC

Dionysius II the Younger (son of Dionysius I the Elder)

 

 

357 - 354 BC

Dion  (brother-in-law of Dionysius I the Elder)

 

 

...

 

 

 

346 - 344 BC

Dionysius II the Younger (son of Dionysius I the Elder)

 

 

344 - 336 BC

Timoleon

 

 

...

 

 

 

317 - 289 BC

Agathocles

 

 

...

 

 

 

270 - 215 BC

Hieron II

 

 

...

 

 

 

211 BC

(now part of Rome)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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... - 1829

(Greece is part of the Ottoman Empire)

 

 
   
   

1832 - 1974

Kingdom of Greece

 

 
  1832 - October 23, 1862   King Otto von Wittelsbach
   
  1863 - 1913   King George I (Georgios I, Prince William of Denmark)
   
  1913 - 1917   King Constantine I (son of George I)
   
  1917 - 1920   King Alexander (son of Constantine I)
   
  1920 - 1922   King Constantine I (son of George I)
   
  September 1922 - March 1924   King George II (Georgios II, son of Constantine I)
   
  ...
   
  October 1935 - April 1947   King George II (Georgios II, son of Constantine I)
   
  April 1947 - 1964   King Paul I (brother of George II)
   
  1964 - 1974   King Constantine II (son of Paul I)
   
   
   

1974 - ...

Hellenic Republic

 

 
   
   
   

  
 
 

 
      

 

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