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Athens

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  • 509 BCE

    Democracy in Athens founded

    By Cleisthenes 509-508 BC
  • 499 BCE

    Iona rebelled

    Against the Persians and asked Greece for help
    (Greco-Persian Wars)
  • Period: 494 BCE to 429 BCE

    Pericles

    Great orator, great nephew of Cleisthenes, 15 elected. Died from the pest in 429
  • 490 BCE

    First Persian invasion

    Began in 492 BC until 490 BC with the battle of Marathon ( Persians were defeated).
  • Period: 484 BCE to 406 BCE

    Euripides

    Last of classical Athens's three great tragic dramatist
  • 480 BCE

    Xerxes led the second Persian invasion to Greece

    (Dariu's son)
  • 480 BCE

    The Acropolis destroyed

    This monumental temple was destroyed by the Persians.
  • 478 BCE

    Creation of the Delian League

    Athens created the Delian League, military and political alliance between voluntary cities.
  • 478 BCE

    Athens confiscated the League Treasure

    to percieve and decde of the Phoros and in 454 BC the treasure was transferred to the Parthenon.
  • Period: 460 BCE to 404 BCE

    Thucydides

    Greatest of ancient Greek historians and author of the History of Peloponnesian War
  • 454 BCE

    Misthophoria

    Institutionalized remuneration of Ancient Athens citizens, who temporarily left their jobs to participate in public services.
  • Period: 450 BCE to 388 BCE

    Aristophanes

    The greatest representative of Ancient Greek comedy and the one whose works have been preserved in the greatest quantity.
  • Period: 445 BCE to 440 BCE

    The city state imposed its units of weight and money

    (Drachma)
  • Period: 443 BCE to 429 BCE

    Pericles elected 15 times

    Pericles was elected 15 times until his death.
  • 441 BCE

    Phoros

    205 cities paid the Phoros (which was a war treasure paid to Athens by the members of the League of Delos). It became an instrument to becoming a wealthy power.
  • 435 BCE

    The creation of the Delian League phoros

    built by Pericles for the musical contests that formed part of the Panathenaea
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    The Peloponnesian War

    The war was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies
  • Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE

    Aristotle

    made a lot of contributions to nearly every aspect of human knowledge from logic to biology to ethics and aesthetics.
  • 338 BCE

    Battle of Cheronea

    marked also the end of Athens Golden Age
  • 322 BCE

    Democracy restored and abolished

    Philip II of Macedon integrated Athens into his Empire.