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5th Century - 400s B.C.
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- 499 B.C.: Aristagoras' 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.
- 490 B.C.: Battle of Marathon.
- 489 B.C.: Expedition of Miltiades to Paros. Death of Cleomenes.
- 487 B.C.: Ostracism of Hipparchus. Archons appointed by lot.
- 486 B.C.: Ostracism of Megacles. Pindar's 7th Pythian.
- 485 B.C.: Death of Darius.
- 484 B.C.: Ostracism of Xanthippus.
- 483 B.C.: New vein of silver discovered.
- 483-82 B.C.: Ostracism of Aristides.
- 480 B.C.: Athens recalls ostracized citizens. (August) Thermopylae. (September) Salamis. (October) Solar eclipse.
- 479 B.C.: Platea. Mycale.
- 477 B.C.: Delian League founded.
- 472-71 B.C.: Ostracism of Themistocles.
- 470 B.C.: Pindar's 1st Pythian. Bacchylides' 4th Ode.
- 468 B.C.: Battle of the Eurymedon.
- 467-62 B.C.: Athens led by Cimon.
- 467 B.C.: Delian League defeats Persia at battle of Eurymedon River.
- 465 B.C.: Revolt of isle of Thasos against Delian League.
- 464 B.C.: Revolt of helots.
- 463 B.C.: Surrender of Thasos.
- 461 B.C.: Ostracism of Cimon.
- 460 B.C.: First Peloponnesian War. Thucydides born.
- 459 B.C.: Athens wins Megara.
- 457 B.C.: Battle of Tanagra. Athenian conquest of Aegina.
- 454 B.C.: Delian League treasury transferred from Delos to Athens.
- 452 B.C.: Thirty Years' peace between Argos and Lacedaemon. Five year's truce between Athenians and Peloponnesians.
- 451 B.C.: Pericles' citizenship law.
- 448 B.C.: Pericles acropolis building project. Peace with Persia.
- 447 B.C.: Athens loses Megara.
- 446 B.C.: Thirty Years' Peace between Athens and Sparta.
- 442 B.C.: Ostracism of Thucydides, son of Melesias.
- 440 B.C.: Revolt of Samos.
- 438 B.C.: Chryselephantine Athena set up in the Parthenon.
- 435 B.C.: Sea victory of Corcyra over Corinth.
- 433 B.C.: Revolt of Potidaea.
- 432-31 B.C.: Corinth and Corcyra begin fighting. Peloponnesian War begins.
- 429 B.C.: Pericles dies.
- 425 B.C.: Cleon leads Athens.
Herodotus writes his History. - 424 B.C.: Battle of Amphipolis.
- 422 B.C.: Second Battle of Amphipolis.
- 421 B.C.: Peace of Nicias.
- 421-20 B.C.: Defensive alliance between Athens and Sparta.
- 419 B.C.: Alliance between Athens and Argos.
- 418 B.C.: Battle of Mantinea. Argos allies with Sparta. Eleusinian decree.
- 417 B.C.: Ostracism of Hyperbolus.
- 415 B.C.: Alcibiades. Mutilation of the Hermae. Athenian expedition to Sicily.
- 413 B.C.: Spartan disaster in Sicily.
- 412 B.C.: Revolt of Athenian allies.
- 411 B.C.: Battle of Syme. Revolt of Rhodes. Revolt of Abydus and Lampsacus. Revolt of Euboea. Four Hundred overthrown. Evagoras becomes king of Salamis.
- 410 B.C.: Battle of Cyzicus. Democracy restored in Athens. Athens recovers Thasos.
- 409 B.C.: Athens recovers Colophon, but loses Pylos and Nisaea. Carthage invades Sicily.
- 408 B.C.: Athens recovers Chalcedon.
- 407 B.C.: Battle of Mytilene.
- 406 B.C.: Battle of Arginusae. Siege of Acragus.
- 405 B.C.: Athenian fleet defeated at Aegospotami. Dionysus tyrant of Syracuse makes peace with Carthage.
- 404 B.C.: Athens surrenders. Blockade of Athens. Rule of the Thirty. Thrasybulus seizes Phyle.
- 403 B.C.: Expedition of the Thirty against Thrasybulus.
4th Century - 300s B.C.
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- 399 B.C.: Socrates executed.
- c. 395 B.C.: (Apology) Defense of Socrates, by Plato.
- 395-387 B.C.: The Corinthian War.
- 395-380 B.C.: Agesipolis I Spartan king
- 394 B.C.:
- Battle of Corinth.
- Battle of Cnidus.
- Solar Eclipse.
- Battle of Coronea
- Battle of Corinth.
- c. 390 B.C.:
- Memoirs of Socrates, by Xenophon.
- Charmides, Protagoras, Laches, Euthydemus, by Plato.
- Memoirs of Socrates, by Xenophon.
- 390-389 B.C.: Taxes introduced in Athens (1/40th and war).
- 386 B.C.: The Academy.
- 385 B.C.: Battle of Mantinea.
- 384-322 B.C.: Aristotle.
- 382 B.C.: Spartans seize citadel of Thebes.
- 381 B.C.: Defeat of Spartans at Olynthus.
- 380 B.C.: King Cleombrotus of Sparta. Isocrates writes Panegyric for Olympic Games.
- 379 B.C.: Spartans expelled from Theban citadel.
- 378 B.C.: Alliance of Athens and Thebes.
- 378-7 B.C.: Second Athenian Confederacy. Property tax in Athens. Peace of Syracuse with Carthage.
- 377 B.C.: Agesilaus invades Boeotia.
- 376 B.C.: Battle of Naxos.
- 374 B.C.: Peace between Sparta and Athens.
- 374-3 B.C.: Peace broken.
- 373 B.C.: Earthquakes in Greece. Temple at Delphi destroyed.
- 371 B.C.: Peace of Callias. Epaminondas leads the Thebans. Agesipolis II king of Sparta.
- 371-69 B.C.: Arcadian League.
- 370-69 B.C.: First Boeotian invasion of Peloponnesus.
- 371-69 B.C.: Arcadian League.
- 369 B.C.: Second Boeotian invasion. First Thessalian expedition of Pelopidas.
- 366 B.C.: Third Boeotian invasion. Alliance of Athens and Arcadia.
- 365 B.C.: War between Arcadia and Elis.
- 364 B.C.: Third Thessalian expedition of Pelopidas. Solar Eclipse. Battle of Cynoscephalae.
- 362 B.C.: Battle of Mantinea.
- 359-323 B.C.: Rise of Macedonian Power.
- 357 B.C.: Philip captures Amphipolis. Revolt of Chios, Cos, and Rhodes from Athens. Around this time Philip makes Pella his capital.
- 356 B.C.: Philip captures Pydna and Potidaea, which he cedes to the Olynthians, along with Anthemus. Philip's Illyrian victory. Battle of Embata. Birth of Alexander.
- 354-50 B.C.: Eubolus in charge of Theoric Fund.
- 351 B.C.: Demosthenes' First Philippic.
- 349 B.C.: Alliance of Athens with Olynthus. Demosthenes' Olynthiacs.
- 348 B.C.: Philip captures Olynthus.
- 347 B.C.: Athenian embassy to Philip. Death of Plato.
- 346-5 B.C.: Demosthenes impeaches Aeschines.
- 346 B.C.: Peace of Philocrates. Second embassy to Philip.
- 344 B.C.: Demosthenes' Second Philippic. Battle of Hadranum.
- 343 B.C.: Impeachments of Philocrates and Aeschines.
- 343-2 B.C.: Alliance of Megara and Athens. Aritotle tutors Alexander.
- 342-1 B.C.: Philip conquers Thrace.
- 342-271 B.C.: Epicurus of Athens.
- 341 B.C.: Demosthenes' Third Philippic. The Euboic League.
- 340 B.C.: Naval reform in Athens. Sieges of Perinthus and Byzantium.
- 339 B.C.: Battle of the Crimisus.
- 338 B.C.: Battle of Chaeronea. Death of Isocrates. Battle of Mandonia.
- 338 B.C.: Phillip founds League of Corinth. Lycurgus finance minister in Athens.
- 336 B.C.: The Lyceum.
- 336 B.C.: Phillip II assassinated
- 335-263 B.C.: Zeno of Citium's Stoic school.
- 335 B.C.: Alexander's campaign in Thrace and Illyria. Destruction of Thebes. Aristotle teaches in Athens.
- 334 B.C.: Battle of Granicus River.
- 334-3 B.C.: Conquest of Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia.
- 333 B.C.: Battle of Issus.
- 332 B.C.: Siege of Tyre. Siege of Gaza. Conquest of Egypt.
- 331 B.C.: Foundation of Alexandria. Lunar Eclipse. Battle of Gaugamela. Battle of Megalopolis.
- 331-0 B.C.: Battle of Pandosia.
- 330 B.C.: Alexander conquers Persepolis. Aeschines' Against Ctesiphon. Demosthenes' On the Crown. Lycurgus' Against Leocrates.
- 328 B.C.: Alexander conquers Bactria and Sogdiana [see Transoxiana].
- 327 B.C.: Alexander marries Roxane. Execution of Callisthenes. Alexander prepares for Indian expedition.
- 326 B.C.: Alexander crosses the Indus. Battle of the Hydaspes [See Porus.]. Conquest of the Punjab.
- 325 B.C.: Conquest of the Malli.
- 324 B.C.: Macedonian mutiny at Opis.
- 323 B.C.: Alexander dies at age 33. Greece revolts against Macedonia.
- 323-2 B.C.: Siege of Lamia
- 322 B.C.: Battle of Crannon. Change in Athenian Constitution. Death of Demosthenes, Aristotle, Lycurgus.
