Pelopponesian War Timeline

  • 550 BCE

    Peloponnesian League Formed

  • 476 BCE

    Delian League Formed

  • 476 BCE

    Second Persian War

  • 467 BCE

    Victory of Eurymedon River

  • 462 BCE

    Cimon Tries Helping Sparta with Helot Revolt

  • 454 BCE

    Athens moves Delian Treasury to Athens

  • 435 BCE

    The Three Inciting Incidents

  • 431 BCE

    Spartans invade Attica

  • 431 BCE

    Peloponnesian War Began

  • 430 BCE

    Pericles’ Speech and the Plague of Athens

  • 425 BCE

    Pylos and Sphacteria

  • 421 BCE

    Peace of Nicias

  • 420 BCE

    Alcibiades Elected

  • 418 BCE

    Battle at Mantinea

  • 416 BCE

    Melian Dialogue

  • 415 BCE

    Sicilian Expedition

  • 412 BCE

    Sparta Allies with Persia

  • 406 BCE

    Battle of Arginusae

  • 405 BCE

    Battle of Aegospotami

  • 404 BCE

    Athens Surrenders to Lysander at Piraeus

  • 403 BCE

    Oligarchic Revolution

  • 377 BCE

    Second Athenian League

  • 371 BCE

    Thebes Becomes More Powerful

  • 359 BCE

    Philip II becomes king of Macedonia

  • Period: 356 BCE to 341 BCE

    Conquest of Thrace

  • 338 BCE

    Philip II of Macedon Wins Battle of Chaeronea

  • 336 BCE

    Sparts Declares War on Persian King