500 to 400
Under Construction
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course The Ancient Centuries Before 400 BC
Session 8 Topics
Topic 1 Persia’s Empire
Topic 2 Greek Civilization
Topic 3 Persia Invades Greece
Topic 4 Greeks’ Civil War
Topic 5 Ancient’s Legacy
Other Sessions
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 500 | Uganda: Bantu Speaking People Migrate Here |
| 500 | Scandinavia: Enters Iron Age |
| 499 | Turkey: Greek Cities on West Coast Revolt Against Persians |
| 499 | Greece: War Versus Persia Begins |
| 495 | Rome: Temple to Mercury Built on Circus Maximus |
| 494 | Turkey: Persians Reconquer Greek Cities |
| 494 | Rome: Office of Tribune Established |
| 490 | Greece: Battle of Marathon Stops Persian Invasion |
| 487 | Athens: Archons Selected by Chance |
| 486 | China: First Part of Grand Canal Completed |
| 480 | India: First Buddhist Council Meets |
| 480 | Greece: Naval Battle of Salamas Turns Back Persians |
| 480 | Sicily: Syracuse Defeats Carthage |
| 479 | Greece: Battle of Plataea: Greeks Defeat Persians, Ending Persian War |
| 478 | China: Temple of Confucius Built at Qufu |
| 477 | Athens: Delian League Established |
| 474 | Italy: Syracuse Stops Etruscan Expansion South |
| 458 | Rome: Cincinnatus Dictator to Address Crisis; Resigns 16 Days Later |
| 458 | Athens: Aeschylus Writes Oresteia |
| 457 | Athens: Pericles Inaugurates Golden Age |
| 457 | Jerusalem: Persians Allow Jewish Govrnment |
| 451 | Rome: 12 Tablets Enacted; Foundation of Roman Law |
| 450 | Salamas Strait: Greek Fleet Repels Persian |
| 449 | Callias: Peace Treaty End Greek-Persian Wars |
| 449 | Greece: Herodotus Completes His History |
| 442 | Athens: Sophocles Writes Antigone |
| 440 | Athens: Democritus Proposes Existance of Atoms |
| 438 | Athens: Parthenon Completed |
| 431 | Greece: Peloponnesian War Begins |
| 430 | Athens: Sophocles Writes Oedipus Rex |
| 420 | Athens: Alcibiades Made General |
| 404 | Athens: Athens Looses Peloponnesian War to Sparta |
| 400 | Egypt: Successfully Revolts Against Persians |
| 400 | England: London Founded |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- Greece builds foundation of future cultural dominance.
- Greek-Persian Wars establish Greek military dominance.
- Peloponnesian Wars set up Macedon’s control over Greece in next century.
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 490 | The Battle of Marathon | Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy |
| 480 | Battle of Thermopylae | Herodotus |
| 450 | Decemvirate In Rome | Henry G. Liddell |
| 444 | Pericles | Plutarch |
| 430 | The Great Plague at Athens | George Grote |
| 413 | Syracuse Defeats Athens | Sir Edward S. Creasy |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |