Ancient Argos, located in the Peloponnese in Greece, was a major Mycenaean settlement in the Late Bronze Age (1700-1100 BCE) and remained important throughout the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman periods until its destruction by the Visigoths in 395 CE. The site's best-preserved example of ancient architecture is the theatre, once the largest in Greece, and the remains of the 2nd-century CE Roman baths.
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1400 BCE - 1300 BCEMycenaean fortifications, palaces and tombs constructed at Argos.
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1200 BCE - 1100 BCEArgos takes over from Mycenae as most important regional power in the Argolid.
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700 BCE - 600 BCEKing Phiedon leads Argos to its greatest expansion.
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c. 700 BCESparta, Argos and Paros hold the first documented musical competitions in Greece.
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c. 660 BCEPheidon is tyrant in Argos.
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c. 580 BCEThe kouroi of Argos, thought to represent Cleobis & Biton, are sculpted.
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c. 545 BCESparta takes control of Thyrea from Argos.
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494 BCE - 493 BCESpartan forces under Cleomenes I attack the city of Argos.
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494 BCE - 493 BCETelesilla of Argos defends her city against the Spartan forces with an army of women.
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c. 468 BCETiryns is destroyed by the Argeians.
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451 BCESparta and Argos sign a peace treaty which endures for the next 30 years.
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c. 430 BCE - c. 420 BCESanctuary of Aphrodite constructed at Argos.
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418 BCESparta, led by Agis II, defeats Argos and her allies at the battle of Mantinaea.
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415 BCE - 330 BCENemean Games relocated to Argos.
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c. 400 BCEThe large theatre is constructed at Argos.
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395 BCE - 386 BCEThe Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens, Corinth, Argos, Boeotia and Thebes.
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330 BCEAthletic Games return from Argos to Nemea.
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272 BCEDeath of Pyrrhus of Epirus in a street battle in Argos.
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269 BCENemean Games definitively moved to Argos.
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267 CEThe Goths sack Athens, Corinth, Sparta, and Argos.
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395 CEArgos is definitively destroyed by the Visigoth invasion.
