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Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilization.
Ancient Greek civilization began around 1600 BC, at Mycenae and in Crete. It ended with the annexation of Greece by Rome in 146 BC. It was at its height around 431 BC, when the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens began.