Ancient Greece

Darius I invades Greece

492 BCE

This Invasion started on January 1st, 492 BC. After the Ionian Revolt in 499 BC,the Persians and their King Darius wanted to conquer Greece more than ever.Persia wanted more and more land. Also, the greeks helped the Ionians to revolt against the Persians.

Greeks Defeat Persians at Marathon

490 BCE

The War was between the Greeks and the Persians. It started on September 11, 490 B.C The war took place at a Marathon. The Greeks had won the Battle.

The Battle of Salamis

480 BCE

The Battle of Salamis was with the Greeks and the Persians. Xerxes I was the leader of the Persians. Alexander I of Macedon was the ruler of The Ancient Greek Kingdom. The Greek Allies Had also won the battle of the salamis.

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE

The Battle of Thermopylae was the first between the Persians and Greeks during the Persian invasion of 480-479 B.C The Persians were unable to defeat the much smaller army of greeks, so the Greeks won and the Persians lost.

Thirty Years Peace Between Argos and Sparta Begins

445 BCE

This Battle was fought between Argos and Sparta, It also was on January 1st, 445 BC. The Thirty Years Peace was a Treaty, signed between the ancient greek city-states Athens and Sparta.

Athens Invades Megara

424 BCE

The Battle of Megara was fought in 424 BC, between Athens and Megara. A Reason was because Megara was at an ally of Athens, but then sided against them during the Great Peloponnesian War. As a Result, the Athenians seized the Nisaea, the port of Megara.

End of the Peloponnesian War

404 BCE

The Peloponnesian Wars fought between Athens and Sparta andter respective allies came in two stages, the first from 460 to 466 BCE and the second and more significant war from 431 to 404 BCE. With Battles occurring at home and abroad, the long and complex conflict was damaging to both sides but Sparta, with financial help from Persia, finally won the conflict by destroying the Athenian fleet at Aegospotami in 405 BCE.