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499 BCE
The Persian Wars
The Persian wars were wars where Persian leader Xerxes wanted to conquer more and more land and keep expanding Persia´s empire -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was the battle where king Leonidas of Sparta met the Persian army at Thermopylae which is a pass in between high cliffs and the sea. -
469 BCE
Socrates
Socrates was a philosopher that was one of the greatest of his time. he would ask questions and when answered he would keep asking questions. -
468 BCE
Sophocles
Sophocles was a famous play writer that was known for many plays such as Oedipus and Antigone -
432 BCE
The Parthenon
The Parthenon was a temple built by Ictinus and made for Athena. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Peloponnesian war
The Peloponnesian war was a war between Athens and Sparta for power. Sparta marched to Athens and burned all the crops and waited and begged to fight Athens. Soon they ran out of food and returned to Sparta. Then a plague swept through Athens an it killed Pericles. Then Alcibiades took over and tried to attack Sicily but got wrecked by Sparta. Finally Sparta conquered Athens. -
420 BCE
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a power hungry general. He was the Athenian general during the Peloponnesian war and tried to split his army and got crushed by Sparta. -
347 BCE
Plato
He was one of the great philosophers of his time. He was taught by Socrates and created the Academy which was the first institution of higher learning. -
342 BCE
Aristotle
He was also one of the great philosophers of his time. He tutored Alexander the Great so Alexander could grow up to be a great general of Macedon. -
333 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander was a prince of Macedon until his father was assassinated and Alexander had to take charge at a very young age. when he was older he began to take Persia down.
