History and Social Science Standards of Learning CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK 2008 By Delaney Ruark Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE Importance of Persian Wars Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE Persian Wars 480 BCE The Greeks out Smarted the Persians at the Salamis War 478 BCE Athens and the Delian League versus Sparta and the Peloponnesian League 464 BCE Sparta Fell 449 BCE Persian War united Sparta and Athens against the Persian Empire 449 BCE Codification of the Roman Law 431 BCE Sparta Oligarchy Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Importance of Peloponnesian War Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Peloponnesian War Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Competition between Sparta and Athens Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Punic Wars: Rome vs. Carthage 100 BCE Julius Caesar Born 53 BCE First Triumvirate 44 BCE Julius Caesar Assassinated 27 BCE Augustus Caesar Became Emperor 27 BCE Pax Romana Period: 27 BCE to May 19, 1453 Roman Empire Period: 8 BCE to 146 BCE Greek Civilization 6 BCE Sparta's Militaristic and aggressive society 5 BCE The Greeks defeated the Persian empire 4 BCE Athens Preserved its Independence