| DATE |
EVENT |
| c. 1250-1200 |
Trojan War? |
| c. 1200-1150 |
fall of the Mycenaean palaces |
| c. 800-750 |
Greek alphabet |
| ca. 638-632 |
Kylon |
| 621/0 |
Drakon |
| 594/3 |
Solon |
| 490 |
first Persian invasion/Marathon |
| 480 |
second Persian invasion (Xerxes) |
| c. 450 |
Herodotos begins the History |
| 431-404 |
Peloponnesian War |
| 431 |
Thebes raids Plataia |
| 430 |
Spartan raids begin; Periklean strategy; plague in Athens (Thuc.
2.47-54); Funeral Speech (Thuc. 2.34-46); graphe against Perikles |
| 429 |
Death of Perikles |
| 429-27 |
Peloponnesians beseige Plataia |
| 428 |
Mytilene (Lesbos) revolts and joins Pel. League
(Thuc.3.27-50) |
| 427 |
Mitylene debate (Kleon and Diodotos in the ekklesia); Stasis in Corcyra
(Thuc. 3.70-83) |
| 425 |
Pylos/Sphakteria |
| 424 |
Thucydides strategos |
| 422 |
Amphipolis (deaths of Cleon, Brasidas; Thucydides exiled);
Aristophanes' Wasps produced |
| 421 |
Peace of Nikias |
| 418 |
Mantinea (Sparta vs. Argos) |
| 416 |
Melos refuses to join Athens(Thuc. 5.84-116) |
| 415 |
Euripides' Trojan Women produced |
| 415-13 |
Sicilian Expedition (end = Thuc. 7.36-87) |
| 413 |
Spartans occupy Decelea |
| 412 |
Spartan alliance with the satraps |
| 411 |
Council of 400 in Athens |
| 407 |
Alcibiades back as strategos; Athenian victory at Arginusae
(Conon) |
| 406 |
Athenian victory at Mitylene |
| 405 |
Sparta (under Lysander) defeats Athens at Aigospotamai |
| 404 |
Athens surrenders; Long Walls destroyed; Thirty Tyrants; Akropolis
garrisoned |
| 399 |
Condemnation and death of Socrates |
| c. 336 |
Aristotle establishes Lyceum |