Dates Flashcards
When were the Greek cities of Asia Minor and Cyprus conquered by Persia?
Mid-late 6th century BCE
When did Darius come to power?
522
When did the Persians try to invade Naxos?
499
When was the Ionian Revolt?
499-494
When was Mardonius’ initial campaign in northern Greece?
492
When did Darius ask for earth and water?
491
When did Darius invade Greece?
490
When was the Battle of Marathon?
490
When did Egypt rebel from Persian rule?
486
When did Darius die and Xerxes come to power?
486
When did Themistocles persuade the Athenian assembly to spend their money on ships?
483/2
When did Xerxes ask for earth and water?
481
When did Xerxes invade Greece?
480
When was the Battle of Thermopylae?
August 480
When was the Battle of Artemisium?
August 480
When was the Battle of Salamis?
September 480
When was the Battle of Plataea?
479
When was the Battle of Mycale?
479
When was the siege of Sestos?
479
When did Athens rebuild their city walls?
478
When did Athens build their Long Walls?
458
When did the Delian League first meet?
477
When was the Battle of Eurymedon?
Early 460s
When did Xerxes die and Artaxerxes ascend?
456
When did Naxos try to secede from the Delian League?
c. 470
When did Athens force Carystus to join the Delian League?
472
When did Athens force Aegina to join the Delian League?
457
When did Thasos revolt from the Delian League?
456
When was the earthquake and helot revolt in Sparta?
456
When was Cimon ostracised from Athens for 10 years?
461
When was the First Peloponnesian War?
460-446
When was the Battle of Tanagra?
457
When did Egypt rebel from Persia?
460
When did Persia put down the Egyptian rebellion?
454
When was the Delian League treasury moved to Athens?
454/3
When did Pericles become a key political and military leader in Athens?
450s
When did Athens and the Peloponnesians agree to a five-year peace?
451
When did Athens launch a campaign against Cyprus?
451
When was the supposed peace of Callias agreed?
c.449
When was the Chalkis Decree passed?
c.446
When did Boeotia successfully revolt from Athens?
447
When did Euboea and Megara revolt from Athens?
446
When did Pleistoanax lead the Peloponnesians into Attica?
446
When was the 30 Year Peace agreed?
446
When were Samos and Miletus at war?
440
When was the debate for war?
432
When did Athens send ships to the Ambracian Gulf?
Late 430s
When did Epidamnus’ democrats ask Corcyra then Corinth for help?
435
When did Corcyra ask Athens for help?
433
When did Corinth attack Corcyra?
Late 433
When did Athens demand Potidaea tear down their defences?
432
