Ancient greece

Darius Invades Greece

492 BCE

The first Persian invasion of Greece, during the Persian Wars, began in 492 BC, and ended .... Darius thus resolved to subjugate and pacify Greece and the Aegean, and to punish those involved in the Ionian Revolt. The Ionian revolt had begun

greeks defeat persians at marathon

490 BCE

The battle of marathon took place in 490 BC ,During the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes.

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece.

The Battle of Salmis

480 BCE

The Battle of Salamis was a 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.

Thirty Years Peace Between Argos and Sparta Begins

445 BCE

Greece make peace with Argos and Sparta for thirty years because of another wars started or an breakout wars.

Athens Invades Megara

441 BCE

Pericles and an army of five thousand infantrymen supported by fifty ships returned to Euboea and subdued the entire island.

End of the Peloponnesian War

404 BCE

The destruction of Athens' fleet at Aegospotami effectively ended the war, and Athens surrendered in the following year. Corinth and Thebes demanded that Athens should be destroyed and all its citizens should be enslaved, but Sparta refused. The Peloponnesian War reshaped the ancient Greek world.