PELOPONNESIAN WAR

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  • 550 BCE

    Peloponnesian League begins

  • 480 BCE

    battle of salamis

    fleet defeat of the Persians
  • 479 BCE

    end of Persian war

    The Persians were finally expelled from Greece, Athens gained power as head of the Delian League which created tension between Athens and Sparta
  • 479 BCE

    Battle of Palatae

  • 479 BCE

    Battle of Mycale

    navy defeat of Persians
  • 469 BCE

    defeat of Naxos

    Athens defeat Naxos and they become part of the Delian League
  • 460 BCE

    Athens accumulating allies

    Argos and Megara became a large part of the Delian league
  • 460 BCE

    public hostility between athens and sparta

    began maneuvering their allies together - delian league and peloponnesian league
  • Period: 460 BCE to 403 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

  • Period: 460 BCE to 445 BCE

    First Peloponnesian War

    This war consisted of a series of conflicts and minor wars and was primarily the result of the envy and concern felt by Sparta at the growth of the Athenian Empire and Athenian fear of Spartan power
  • 457 BCE

    Long Walls are built

    Protecting the Athenians from outsiders, while being connected to trade and water routes through the coast. They had been destroyed through the Persian sacking of Athens during the second Persian invasion
  • 457 BCE

    Athenian defeat of Aegina

    Sparta's Ally falls, they become part of Delian League
  • 457 BCE

    Sparta wins Battle of Oenoe

    Athens would then crush several peloponnese city states along the peninsula through the sea
  • 457 BCE

    Battle of Tanagra

    Sparta wins the battle
  • 454 BCE

    Egypt

    Athens cant support the Greek colonists in Egypt against the Persian force
  • 454 BCE

    Treasury Movement of Delian League

    Move from the treasury in Delos to Athens - now all finances are controlled by Athens
  • 454 BCE

    5 year peace treaty

  • 453 BCE

    Sparta/Athens treaty

    5 Year treaty signed to take care of the Persian threat
  • 448 BCE

    Persians expelled for good

    Defeat of Cyprus and Cilicia, peace of Callias is signed > consolidation of Athens' empire.
    Athens power over Delian League is very pronounced
    City-states must swear loyalty.
    Athenian garrisons of soldiers stationed in member states.
    Compliant or democratic governments installed.
    Use of Athenian coinage as common currency.
    Use of Athenian law courts to hear all major cases.
  • 447 BCE

    revolts against Athens

    Boeotia, Phocis and Locris all revolted and regained their independence
    Megara also defeated AThens
    Athens crushed Euboea to win
  • 445 BCE

    Pericles doubles Western Wall

  • 445 BCE

    Thirty years Peace treaty signed

  • Period: 445 BCE to 432 BCE

    "Thirty Years" peace

  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponese War

  • 429 BCE

    Pericles Dies

    from the plague
  • 429 BCE

    Siege of Platae begins

  • 427 BCE

    Platae falls to Sparta

  • 423 BCE

    One year truce in the P War

  • 415 BCE

    Alcubiades convinces Athens

    They send a military trip to Sicily
  • 413 BCE

    Alcibiades helps Sparta

    They take the Athenian held fort in Dekelia
  • 413 BCE

    Sicily expedition is a failure

    Athenian generals are executed
  • 412 BCE

    Sparta allies with Persia

  • 412 BCE

    Rhodes revolts against Athens

  • 410 BCE

    Alcibiades aids Athens

    fleet beats Sparta in Cyzicus
  • 408 BCE

    Lysander made admiral of Spartan fleet

  • 407 BCE

    Alcibiades becomes strategos autokrater

  • 407 BCE

    Lysander's fleet defeats Athens in Notium

  • 405 BCE

    Defeat of Athenian Fleet

    The battle of Aigospotamoi destroyed much of the fleet which cut off the Athenian food supply, causing Athens to surrender and the SPartans to destroy the Long Walls
  • 404 BCE

    End of Peloponnesian war

    Sparta defeats Athens at Aigospotamoi - rule of thirty tyrants begins in Athens
  • 404 BCE

    Lysander destroys Long Wall fortifications