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490 BCE
Greek Defeats Persions at Marathon
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
The Battle of Salamis was naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian invasion of Greece. -
450 BCE
Thirty Years Peace Between Argos and Sparta Begins
By the 450's it was clear that the international politics of Greek city-states was dominated by Athens and Sparta. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
Athens Invades Megara
The War fought between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. -
Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE
End of the Peloponnesian War
Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. -
429 BCE
Death of Pericles
In that year, however, Pericles witnessed the death of both his legitimate sons from his first wife, Paralus and Xanthippus -
Period: 492 to 490
Darius I Invades Greece
The invasions was a direct, if delayed, response to defeat of the first Persian invasions of Greece (492-490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate Greece
