The timeline of Pericles By Carter D.11 495 BCE The man Xanthippus and the women Agariste had a baby named Pericles 472 BCE A play was released by Pericles, seeming to foreshadow his rule and wealth 470 BCE Pericles starts to get into Politics 461 BCE Pericles reported the ruler for betraying Athens, which he then became the ruler of Athens 449 BCE Pericles starts a golden age after the Peloponnesian war, when an alliance was formed in Greece an there was peace 448 BCE Pericles leads their army into the battle of Delphi 441 BCE Pericles starts to build cultural buildings representing Athens on top of Acropolis' 440 BCE Pericles leads Athens army into the battle against Samos 431 BCE Pericles leads the Athens army into the city-state Megara 429 BCE Pericles dies from the plague, while he was still leading Athens