Development of the Ionic Order in Ionia and Athens (7th–3rd centuries BCE)

1. Early Ionic features appear in Ionian sanctuaries

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Ionian sanctuaries

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   • Ionic Order

2. Heraion of Samos adopts an innovative façade

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Heraion of

   • UNESCO

3. Rhoikos Temple begins at the Heraion

   Jan 1, 570 BCELabels: Rhoikos Temple

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   • Heraion Samos

4. Rhoikos Temple completed at Samos

   Jan 1, 560 BCELabels: Rhoikos Temple

   • Heraion Samos
   • Ionic Order

5. Rhoikos Temple destroyed after brief lifespan

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Rhoikos Temple

   • Heraion Samos

6. Croesus-backed Artemision reconstruction begins

   Jan 1, 550 BCELabels: Artemision at, Croesus

   • Temple Artemis
   • Chersiphron

7. Ionic order spreads to mainland Greece

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Mainland Greece, Ionic order

   • Ionic Order

8. Propylaea built with interior Ionic colonnade

   Jan 1, 437 BCELabels: Propylaea, Athenian Acropolis

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   • AncientAthens3D

9. Temple on the Ilissos refines Attic Ionic base

   Jan 1, 435 BCELabels: Temple on, Attic Ionic

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10. Temple of Athena Nike constructed in Ionic order

    Jan 1, 427 BCELabels: Temple of, Acropolis

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11. Erechtheion construction begins on Acropolis

    Jan 1, 421 BCELabels: Erechtheion, Acropolis

    • Erechtheion
    • Acropolis

12. Erechtheion completed amid late war period

    Jan 1, 406 BCELabels: Erechtheion, Caryatids

    • Erechtheion

13. Artemision at Ephesus burned by arson

    Jul 21, 356 BCELabels: Artemision at

    • Herostratus
    • Temple Artemis

14. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus built with Ionian designers

    Jan 1, 353 BCELabels: Mausoleum at

    • Mausoleum

15. Temple of Athena Polias at Priene built

    Jan 1, 350 BCELabels: Temple of, Priene

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    • Priene Temple

16. Didymaion Hellenistic rebuilding program begins

    Jan 1, 334 BCELabels: Didymaion, Temple of

    • Didyma