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492 BCE
Darius I Invades Greece
Darius I was a King of Persia who ruled for 35 year, from September 522 522 BCE to October 486 BCE. He was the third Achaemenian king and was considered by many tobe '' the greatest of the Achaemenian kings.'' -
490 BCE
Greeks Defeat Persians at Marathon
The Persian of King Darius invaded Greece. The Persian wanted to conquer Greek more than ever to get more and more land. -
480 BCE
Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis was a battle between an Alliance of Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. It happened in September,480 BC in the straits between the mainland Salamis island. -
480 BCE
Battle of Thermopylae
the Battle Thermoplae was fought between an alliance Greek city-state, led by king Leonidas of Spats, and the second Persian invasion of Greece. -
450 BCE
Thirty Year Peace Between Argos and Sparta Begin
By the 450s, it was clear that the international politics of the Greek city-states was do Sparta dominated by Athens and Sparta. Their extended interests clashed as their individual prestige and influence expanded. Around 454, they signed a truce, which in 446 they transformed into what Thucydides refers to as the Thirty Years Peace Treaty. -
424 BCE
Athens Invades Megara
The war ended on 25 April 404 B.C. when Athens surrendered. The Peloponnesian War remodeled the entire Greek state. -
404 BCE
End of the Peloponnesian war
In te 5th century BCE Sparta and Athens were the two major powers in Greece and it was perhaps inevitable that their spheres of influence would overlap and cause conflict. Sparta seems to have been particularly alarmed at the growing powers of Athens, able to build an ever-bigger fleet of ships thanks to tributes from its allies and dependent.
