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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.