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5th Century B.C. Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Timeline

People and Events in the Fifth Century B.C.

  • Blue dots = Events in Ancient Roman Timeline
  • Red dots = Events in Ancient Greek Timeline

500-490
490-480
480-470
470-460
460-450
450-440
440-430
430-420
420-410
410-400

In the table below, in the right column are links to pages on the Ancient / Classical History site related to the time periods listed on the left.

[Fifth century]
- to 400 B.C.

499 B.C.: Aristogoras' Ionian rebellion against Persians
498 B.C.: Athens at war with Aegina.
497 B.C.: Athenians attack Sardis.
495 B.C. Persians capture Miletus.
494 B.C.: Spartans under Cleomenes defeat Argives.
494 B.C.: First secessio plebis.
493 B.C.: Treaty between Spurius Cassius and the Latins.
490 B.C.: Battle of Marathon.

489 B.C.: Expedition of Miltiades to Paros. Death of Cleomenes.
487 B.C.: Ostracism of Hipparchus. Archins appointed by lot.
486 B.C.: Ostracism of Megacles. Pindar's 7th Pythian.
486 B.C.: lex agraria of Spurius Cassius.
485 B.C.: Death of Darius.
484 B.C.: Ostracism of Xanthippus.
482-474 B.C.: War with Veii
483 B.C.: New vein of silver discovered.
483-2 B.C.: Ostracism of Aristides.
482-474 B.C.: War with Veii.
480 B.C.: Athens recalls ostracized citizens. (August) Thermopylae. (September) Salamis. (October) Solar eclipse.

Pericles and Aspasia

Pericles

Anaxagoras
Aeschylus
Aspasia of Miletus
Bacchylides
Cincinnatus
Classical Age of Greece
Cleomenes
Coriolanus
Empedocles
Euripides
Greek Eroticism
Greek Historians
Herodotus
Hippocrates
Leucippus of Miletus
Medea
Miletus
Oedipus
Parmenides
Peloponnesian War Timeline
Pericles (Perikles)
Persian Wars Timeline
Presocratics
Protagoras
Pythagoras
Sophocles
Sparta II
Theognis
Xenophanes
Zeno
Zeno of Elea
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