Killer of men

Killer of Men ( Contextualization)

By Ruben19
  • Athenians  building temple
    490 BCE

    Athenians building temple

    The Athenians begin the building of a temple to Athena Parthenos .This was in a different area in the same time frame.
  • Herodotus
    490 BCE

    Herodotus

    Herodotus mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who runs from Athens to Sparta asking for help, and then runs back, a After the battle, he runs back to Athens to spread the news and raise the spirits. Same time/ area
  • Himilco
    490 BCE

    Himilco

    Carthaginian navigator Himilco is the first known explorer from the Mediterranean Sea to reach the northwestern shores of Europe. This was in a different area in the same time frame.
  • Battle of Marathon
    490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon

    It was fought between the citizens of Athens and a Persian force. Same time and region.
  • Pater's Leg
    490 BCE

    Pater's Leg

    When Mater was drinking and went to go bless Pater, she spilled her drink down his leg. To the people she cursed him. He then lost his leg when he was fighting the Thebes.
  • The Cup
    490 BCE

    The Cup

    Arimnestos gives the priest Empedocles the cup which happened to be a big thing. The Priest mentioned how thieves might kill him for a cup like that.
  • Cleomenes
    490 BCE

    Cleomenes

    Cleomenes I is forced to flee Sparta when his plot against Demaratus is discovered, but Spartans all him back. He became insane so Spartans put him in prison. He commits suicide. Same time/region.
  • Callicles' Death
    490 BCE

    Callicles' Death

    Callicles was the first to die when the Spartans came and attacked them while everybody was fighting. He was only a young boy.
  • Theron
    488 BCE

    Theron

    Theron becomes tyrant of Acragas in Sicily. Same time/region
  • Radical Athenian democracy
    487 BCE

    Radical Athenian democracy

    The Athenian Archonship becomes elective from all the citizens, an important milestone in the move towards radical Athenian democracy. Same time/region.
  • Cyrus saved him
    486 BCE

    Cyrus saved him

    Cyrus killed both of the narrators attackers and saved him
  • 485 BCE

    Proudest moment

    The narrator had a big moment in his life when Aristides was talking to him about his rank in the market place and came and slapped him on the shoulder. he felt brave in that moment.
  • 484 BCE

    "I killed him"

    The narrator killed Lord Pelagius. The man was constantly coming at him and then he killed him even though he never really meant to but at the same time he wanted to because deep inside he thought he was a killer
  • 483 BCE

    The Samians

    The Samians were going for the enemy and the narrator and his crew had to fight them off.
  • Roman vs. Veientines.
    480 BCE

    Roman vs. Veientines.

    Roman troops march against the Veintines. This is in the same time frame and different area.
  • Battle of Thermopylae
    480 BCE

    Battle of Thermopylae

    Fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire of Xerxes. This is from the same region.
  • Battle of Salamis
    480 BCE

    Battle of Salamis

    Naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire. Same region and time frame.
  • Battle of Artemisium
    480 BCE

    Battle of Artemisium

    Naval engagements over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. Same region and time frame.
  • Battle of Plataea
    479 BCE

    Battle of Plataea

    Between an alliance of the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. From book.
  • Battle of Mycale
    479 BCE

    Battle of Mycale

    The battle was fought between the Greek city-states, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. Same region and time frame.
  • Delian League
    478 BCE

    Delian League

    An association of Greek city-states who proposal was to continue fighting the Persian. Same time frame and region.
  • I killed Pater
    476 BCE

    I killed Pater

    The narrator made every one think Simon killed Pater and Simon was even burned alive because of it but when the narrator went home, he told his mom that he killed Pater and she said she knew.
  • King Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty.
    475 BCE

    King Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty.

    King Xuan of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty. This is in the same time frame but different area.
  • "Slavery was so soft I enjoyed it"
    475 BCE

    "Slavery was so soft I enjoyed it"

    Arimnestos became a slave in Ephesus, Asia under a wealthy man. He would constantly talk about how he liked being a slave and wasn't in a rush to get back home.
  • Golden Age of Athens
    475 BCE

    Golden Age of Athens

    The Athens began to grow and accept Greek culture into their own. Same time and region.