The fifth century B.C. was the time of Aspasia, Euripides, Herodotus, the Presocratics, Protagoras, Pythagoras, Sophocles, and Xenophanes, among others.
Athenian Empire
By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide
The Athenian Empire at its Height (about 450 B.C.).
Athenian Empire
Perry-Castañeda Library Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/Wars in Ancient Greece
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