The Formation of Classical Societies, 500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. By rladPdn Period: 2200 BCE to 1100 BCE Minoan Society Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Mycenaean Society Period: 800 BCE to 338 BCE Era of the classical Greek polis 600 BCE Life of Sappho Period: 500 BCE to 479 BCE Persian Wars 490 BCE Battle of Marathon 490 BCE Darius's Invasion of Greece 480 BCE Xerxes' invasion of Greece 480 BCE Battle of Salamis 479 BCE Battle of Plataea Period: 470 BCE to 399 BCE Life of Socrates Period: 443 BCE to 429 BCE Pericles' Leadership in Athens Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE Peloponnesian War Period: 430 BCE to 347 BCE Life of Plato Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE Life of Aristotle Period: 359 BCE to 336 BCE Reign of Philip II of Macedon Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE Reign of Alexander of Macedon