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490 BCE
Greeks Defeat Persians at Marathon
The battle on the plain of Marathon in September 490 BCE between Greeks and the invading forces of Persian King Darius was victory which would go down in folklore as the moment the Greek city-states showed the world their courage and excellence and won their liberty. -
486 BCE
Darius 1 Inavade Greece
Darius Planned an expedition to Greece in order to punish the Greeks supporting the lonian Revolt. -
480 BCE
Batlle of Salamis
The tide would turn though in September 480 BCE at battle of Salamis in the Saronic Gulf a naval battle which would rank as one of the greatest and most significant in antiquity. -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was fuoght between an alliance of Greek city-states led by King Leonidas f Sparta and the Persians Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. -
446 BCE
Thirty Years Peace Between Argos And Sparta Beigns
Greece make peace with Argos and Sparta for thirty years because of another wars started or an breakout wars -
429 BCE
Death of Pericles
He himself died of the plague In the autumn of 429 BC -
409 BCE
Athens Invades Megara
The battle of Megara was a rare example of an Athenian victory on land over force that contained Spartan troops. -
404 BCE
End of the Peloponnesian War
With battles occurring at home and abroad the long and complex conflict was damaging to both sides but Sparta with financial help from Persia finally won the conflict by destroying the Athenian fleet a Aegospotami in 405 BCE.
