timeline of the spartans

battle of thermopylae

480 BCE

This battle took place in central grace at the mountain pass of Thermopylae. It was a battle between the Greeks and the Persians. The Greeks where betrayed in the battle and the Persians where able to flank them and end up sending the main army into a retreat. and this was before the major two wars that happens between the Spartans and the Persians and it really just the start of the fighting between them for years to come.

Athenian general Cimon defeats Spartan general Pausanias and takes Byzantium.

478 BCE

The general of the Athenian army defeated and pushed spartan troops out of Byzantium. byzantium is located in the northern part of Greece, in present day turkey. Later in time it was a good spot to hold off the persians

Earthquake in Sparta, followed by slave revolt. Surrender of Thasos.

464 BCE

Sparta experienced a massive earthquake that ended around 20,000 people and destroyed most of the architecture. this gave way to a slave revolt in Sparta not only because the Spartans where weekend from the earthquake but because they had to focused on rebuilding. the Spartans also went to Athens to ask for help and they dismissed them putting more tension between them.

First Peloponnesian War Starts

459 BCE

This was the start of the 15 year conflict between Sparta and Athens. the Spartans were fighting to free states from the athenians because they thought that they were forced to be under their control. The athenas banded together to protect themselves from the Persians.

Sparta wins the battle of Tanagra

457 BCE

Sparta had 11,500 troops and Athens had 14,000. there was major casualties on both sides but Sparta ended up winning the fight. though there is no details about this battle we do know that the Athens had help of 1,000 argos and Sparta had 1,500 Spartans with 10,000 hoplites.

Sparta and Argos sign a peace treaty

451 BCE

this is the peace treaty that ends the first Peloponnesian war. Sparta and Athens both came together after all the fighting and signed this treaty. It lasted around 30 years and was intended to prevent another war from starting.

Sparta declares that Athens has broken the Thirty Year Peace and prepares for war.

432 BCE

the Athens gained lots of wealth and resorson Dering there time of peace.Then the Athens attacked potidaea, which was listed as an ally but also a colline. this prompted the Spartans to declare that the Athens had broken the peace treaty because they attacked so they declared war.

The 2nd Peloponnesian War Starts

431 BCE

Peloponnesian forces led by Sparta begin the siege of Plataea

429 BCE

Plataea finally falls to the Spartans after a two year siege.

427 BCE

Spartan general Brasidas takes Amphipolis, Thucydides failed to prevent this and is exiled.

424 BCE

Spartan general Brasidas dies of his wounds at Amphipolis.

420 BCE

Sparta is excluded from the Olympic Games for breaking the ekecheiria or sacred truce.

417 BCE

Sparta is excluded from the Olympic Games for breaking the ekecheiria or sacred truce.

417 BCE

Sparta, led by Agis II, defeats Argos and her allies at the battle of Mantinaea.

413 BCE

Rhodes revolts against Athens and supports Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

410 BCE

End of the Peloponnesian war, Athens defeated By Sparta at Aegospotami, Rule of the Thirty Tyrants in Athens

404 BCE

The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens starts

395 BCE

The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens starts

395 BCE

The Corinthian Wars between Sparta and an alliance of Athens ends

384 BCE