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| Date | Event | Sources | ||
| 479/8 B.C. | Capture of Sestos from Persians | Thuc. I.89.2; Hdt IX.116-18 | ||
| Rebuilding of Walls of Athens | Thuc. I.89.3-93.2 | |||
| Buiding of Walls of Peiraeus | Thuc. I.93.3-8 | |||
| Greek Expedition against Cyprus | Thuc.I.94; | |||
| under PAUSANIAS | Diod.XI.44.1-3 | |||
| 478 B.C.? | Expedition of King Leotychidas | Hdt. VI.72 | ||
| of Sparta against Thessaly | Plut., Them. 20.1 | |||
| 478/7 B.C. | Pausanias captures BYZANTIUM | Thuc. I.95 | ||
| Recall of Pausanias (winter) | ||||
| 478/7 B.C. | Formation of Delian League | Thuc. I.96; Ath. Pol. 23.5 | ||
| First Assessment by ARISTIDES | Plut., Arist. 24 | |||
| 477 B.C.? | CIMON expels PAUSANIAS from | Thuc. I.131.1 & | ||
| Byzantium | Ephor., frag. 191 | |||
| 476/5 B.C. | CIMON captures Eion | Thuc. I.98.1 | ||
| 474 B.C. | CIMON captures SCYROS | Thuc. I.98.2; | ||
| Recovery of "Bones of Theseus" | Plut., Cimon 8 & | |||
| Athenian Cleurchy on Scyros | Them. 36 | |||
| 473/2 | Production of Persians of | |||
| AESCHYLUS | ||||
| 472-71 B.C.? | Athenians reduce Carystos | Thuc. I.98.3 | ||
| 472/1 B.C. | Ostracism of THEMISTOCLES | Thuc. I.133.3; | ||
| CIMON supreme in Athens | Plut., Them.23.2-26 | |||
| Synoecism of Elis | ||||
| Discontent in Peloponnesus | ||||
| 470-69 B.C.? | Rebellion & Reduction of NAXOS | Thuc. I.98.4 & 133.3 | ||
| 468-67 B.C. | Argos crushes Tiryns | Thuc. I.132 | ||
| ARGIVE UNIFICATION of ARGOLID | ||||
| 468/7 or | BATTLE OF EURYMEDON | Thuc. I. 100.1; | ||
| 467/6 B.C. | CIMON ends Persian threat | Plut., Cimon 13 | ||
| Date | Event | |||
| 465 B.C. | Secession of THASOS (summer) | Thuc. I.100.2 & IV.102.2-3 | ||
| 465/4 B.C. | Failure of Athenian Colony at | Thuc. I.100.3 | ||
| ENNEA HODOI ("Nine Ways") | ||||
| in Thrace | ||||
| OUTBREAK OF HELOT REVOLT | Thuc. I.101.3 | |||
| SIEGE OF MOUNT ITHOME | ||||
| 463/2 B.C. | Surrender of THASOS | Thuc. I.101.3 | ||
| 462/1 B.C. | Cimon's Expedition to Messenia | Thuc. I.102.1-2 | ||
| EPHIALTES & PERICLES attack | Ath. Pol. 25.2; | |||
| powers of Areopagus | Plut., Per. 9 & | |||
| Return and Fall of CIMON | Cimon 17 | |||
| ATHENS-ARGOS-THESSALY | ||||
| ALLIANCE | Thuc. I.102.4 | |||
| OSTRACISM OF CIMON | Plut., Cimon 17 & Per. 9 | |||
| Assassination of Ephialtes | Plut., Per. 9 & | |||
| PERICLES SUPREME IN ATHENS | Ath. Pol. 25.4 | |||
| 460 B.C.? | Pericles introduces minimal pay | Ath. Pol. 27.3 | ||
| for jurors | ||||
| 460/59 B.C. | MEGARA Concludes alliance with | Thuc. I.103.4 | ||
| ATHENS: OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST PELOPONNESIAN WAR | ||||
| 459/58 B.C. | Spartans capture Mount Ithome | Thuc. I.103.1-3 | ||
| End of the Helot Revolt | ||||
| Helots resettled at NAUPACTUS | ||||
| EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION | Thuc. I.104 & M & L #33 | |||
| Athenian Victories at Halieis, | Thuc. I.105-106 | |||
| Cercryphaleia, Aegina & Megara | ||||
| Athens commences LONG WALLS | Thuc. I.107.1 | |||
| 459/8 B.C. | Aeschylus' Oresteia produced | Hyp. ad Orest. 20-24 | ||
| 458/7 B.C. | Spartan Victory at TANAGRA | Thuc. I.107.2- 108.2; M & L #36; Theop., frag. 88 | ||
| Athenian Victory at OENOPYTA | Thuc. I. 108.3-4 | |||
| Athenians occupy Boeotia | ||||
| AEGINA surrenders to Athens | Thuc. I.108.4 | |||
| Treaty of Athens & Segesta in | M & L #37 | |||
| Sicily | ||||
| 457/6 B.C. | Naval expedition of Tolmides | Thuc. I.108.5 & | ||
| around Peloponnesus | Diod. XI. 84 | |||
| 456/5 B.C.? | Athenian Alliances with Troezen | |||
| and Achaea | ||||
| 455/4 B.C. | Failure of Athenian Expedition | Thuc. I.109-110 | ||
| in Egypt | ||||
| Rebellions in the Aegean | ||||
| 454 B.C. | The League Treasury at DELOS | Plut., Per. 12.1 | ||
| is removed to Athens | & cf. ATL | |||
| Athenian Failure in Thessaly | Thuc. I.111.1 | |||
| 453/2 B.C. | Regulations of Erythrae | M & L #40 | ||
| Pericles' Expedition in the | Thuc. I.111.2-3 | |||
| Corinthian Gulf | ||||
| 452/1 B.C. | Recall of CIMON | Theop., frag. 88 | ||
| 451/0 B.C. | Athenian Law on Citizenship | Ath. Pol. 26.4 | ||
| ATHENS & SPARTA CONCLUDE | Thuc. I.112.1 | |||
| FIVEYEARS' TRUCE | ||||
| PEACE BETWEEN SPARTA & ARGOS | Thuc. V.14.4 & V.28.2 | |||
| 450/49 B.C. | Regulations of Miletus | M & L #43 | ||
| Athenian Expedition to Cyprus | Thuc. I. 112.2-4; | |||
| and Death of Cimon | Plut., Cimon 18-19 | |||
| PEACE OF CALLIAS | Diod. XII.4.4-6 & | |||
| End of Athenian-Persian War | Plut., Cimon 13.4-5 | |||
| 450-46 B.C.? | Athenian Currency Decree: | M & L #45 | ||
| Enforcement of Athenian Weights, | ||||
| Measures, and Coins in League | ||||
| 449/8 B.C. | Pericles' Panhellenic Congress | Plut., Per. 17 | ||
| 448/7 B.C. | Second Sacred War: Clash of | Thuc. I.112.5 | ||
| of Athens & Sparta over Phocis | ||||
| Decree of Cleinias: Improved | M & L #46 | |||
| Tribute Collection in League | ||||
| Building of Partheon begun | IG I2 339-53 | |||
| 447/6 B.C. | REVOLT IN BOEOTIA | Thuc. I.112.5 | ||
| 447/6 B.C. | Battle of Coronea: Athens must | Thuc. I.113.1-3 | ||
| evacuate Boeotia | ||||
| Revolt in Euboea | Thuc. I.114.1-3 & ATL 447-448 | |||
| Megara slays Athenian garrison | Thuc. I.114.1 | |||
| Regulations of Colophon | M & L #99 | |||
| 446/5 | Spartan Invasion of Attica | Thuc. I.114.1-2 II. 21. 1 | ||
| under King Pleistoanax | and cf. M & L #51 | |||
| Athenians pacify Euboea | Thuc. I.114.3 | |||
| Regulations of Eretria | M & L #51 | |||
| Regulations of Chalcis | M & L #52 | |||
| THIRTY YEARS' PEACE | Thuc. I.115.1 | |||
| Exile of King Pleistoanax | Schol. ad Arist., Nub. 859 | |||
| 445 B.C. | Athenian Colony planted at Brea | M & L #49 | ||
| or 439 B.C. | in Thrace | |||
| 443 B.C. | Foundation of Panhellenic Colony | Ps.-Plut., X Ora. Vit. 8350 | ||
| at Thurii in Italy | ||||
| Ostracism of Thucydides, son of | Plut., Per. 16.3 | |||
| Melesias | ||||
| 440-39 B.C. | REVOLT OF SAMOS | Thuc. I.115.2-117 & M & L #55 | ||
| 439/8 B.C. | Treaty with Samos | M & L #54 | ||
| 438/7 B.C. | Dedication of the Statue of | Phil., frag. 97; | ||
| Athena by Pheidias | M & L #54 & 59 | |||
| 437/6 B.C. | Athenian Colony planted at | Thuc. IV.102.2-3 | ||
| AMPHIPOLIS on Strymon River | ||||
| 436/5 B.C. | Expedition of Pericles into the | Plut., Per.20.1-2 | ||
| Black Sea; Alliance with Sinope | ||||
| 436-35 B.C. | CIVIL WAR IN EPIDAMNUS | Thuc. I.24-25 | ||
| 435 B.C. | Battle of Leukimne: Corcyreans | Thuc. I.26-30 & | ||
| defeat Corinthians | M & L #61 | |||
| 433 B.C. | MISSIONS OF CORINTH & | Thuc. I.31-44 | ||
| CORCYRA TtO ATHENS | ||||
| Athens votes defensive alliance | Thuc. I.45-46 | |||
| (epimacheia) with Corcyra | ||||
| Athens votes full alliance | Thuc. I.50 | |||
| (symmachia) with Corcyra | ||||
| BATTLE OF SYBOTA | Thuc. I.46-55 | |||
| Date | Event | Sources | ||
| 433/2 B.C. | MEGARIAN DECREE | Thuc. I.67.4; 139.1-2; 140.3-5; | ||
| (in late fall or early spring) | Plut., Per. 29-31; | |||
| Arist., Ach. 605-11 & 615-18 | ||||
| 433/2 B.C. | Athens concludes treaties with | M & L #63-64 | ||
| Rhegium and Leontini | ||||
| 432 B.C. | ||||
| Jan.: | Pericles' Ultimatum to POTIDAEA | Thuc. I.56-57 | ||
| Mar.: | Revolt of Potidaea | Thuc. I.58-65 | ||
| Spartan Promise to Aid Potidaea | Thuc. I. 58.1 | |||
| spr.: | Athenian Naval Operations in | Thuc. II.68.6-9 | ||
| Amphilocia conducted by PHORMIO | ||||
| July: | ASSEMBLY AT SPARTA | Thuc. I.66-88 | ||
| Aug.: | CONGRESS OF PELOPONNESIAN | Thuc. I.119-125 | ||
| LEAGUE | ||||
| First Spartan Embassy to Athens | Thuc. I.126 | |||
| Second Spartan Embassy to Athens | Thuc. I.139 | |||
| Third Spartan Embassy to Athens | Thuc. I. 139 | |||
| Pericles' Final Reply to Sparta | Thuc. I.140-145 | |||
| 431 B.C. | Theban Attack on Plataea | Thuc. II.1-17 | ||
| OUTBREAK OF PELOPONNESIAN WAR |
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