460 |
Birth of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine |
460
|
Age of Pericles in Athens |
457
|
Aristophanes (comedic writer) was born. |
457
|
First Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta |
452
|
Wars over imperial succession following the death of Alexander
I in Macedonia |
450
|
Herodotus (the father of history) visited Egypt |
449
|
Sacred War between Athens and Sparta over the Oracle of
Delphi |
447
|
The construction of the Parthenon began. |
443-429
|
Age of Pericles, who led Athens and the 10 generals |
431
|
Second Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta |
430
|
Epidemic of plague in Athens (Pericles died.) |
429
|
Birth of Plato (philosopher, student of Socrates) |
413
|
Athens attacked Sicily and fails in the attempt to capture the island. |
407
|
Plato became a pupil of Socrates. |
404
|
Athens surrendered to Sparta to end the Peloponnesian War. |
404
|
Sparta became the most powerful city-state in ancient Greece. |
401
|
Sparta went to war with Persia. |
400 |
Greeks under Xenophone were defeated at Cunaxa; retreat
of the 10,000. |
