Greece

ancient greece

  • 490 BCE

    Greece defeat persians at Marathon

    Greece defeat persians at Marathon
    the battle to Marathon it took plans in 490 B.C during the firs Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of salamis

    Battle of salamis
    The battle of salamis was a naval battle between the Greek city-states and Persia, fought in September, 480 BC in the straits between Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens, Greece
  • 480 BCE

    Battle of thermopylea

    Battle of thermopylea
    Battle of Thermopylea. 300 Spartans under king Leonidas and other Greek allies hold back the Persians led by Xerxes l for there days but are defeated. The indecisive battle Artemision between the Greek and Persian fleets of Xerxes l. The Greeks withdraw to salamis
  • 446 BCE

    thirty years peace between argos and sparta being

    thirty years peace between argos and sparta being
    The thirty years peace was a treaty, signed between the Ancient Greece city-states Athens and Sparta in the years 446/445 BC. The treaty brought a end to the conflict commonly known as the firs Peloponnesian war, which had been raging since 460 BC
  • 431 BCE

    Athens invades megara

    Athens invades megara
    The Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC) was an ancient Greece war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta
  • 429 BCE

    Death of pericles

    Death of pericles
    Pericles (459 -429 )BCE whose name mean ''surrounded by glory) was a prominent statesman, farmous orator and general ( in Greek 'Strategos of Athens during the Golden ago of Athens
  • 404 BCE

    End of the Peloponnesian war

    End of the Peloponnesian war
    The war fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta.
  • Darius l invades greece

    Darius l invades greece
    The death of Darius l (Old Persian Darayavaus): King of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 552 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumata, fought a civli war (described in the behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid empire, which had been very loosely organized until then