Can you name the Greek History (5th and 4th centuries BCE)?

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Athenian Politician and General (524-459)Elected Archon in 493, built long walls
Athenian General - Early leader of Delian LeagueOstracized in 455 after affair at Ithome
Predecessor of Pericles, assassinated in 461Opponent of Cimon, reformed council in 462
Founded in 477 by AthensTreasury Moved to Athens in 454
Date: Periclean Citizenship LawExcludes Pericles' own children
Dates: Periclean Building ProgramParthenon is built: 447-432
Dates: 30 Years Peace0
Athenian General, died of the plagueAge of: 461-429
Revolt by colony of Corinth in 440Defensive alliance with Athens
Date: Famous Funeral Oration0
Historian who lived from 460-395Fought in Peloponnesian war, Exiled from Athens in 424
Date: Megarian DecreeSponsored by Pericles
Date: Plague at AthensKilled Approx. 50k Athenians, including Pericles
428: A polis revolts against AthensCleon calls for death, Diodotus calls for lenience
Spartan KingAgreed on 30 Years Peace with Pericles
425: Spartans taken HostageDemosthenes created Garrisons in Spartan Territory
5th Century Athenian GeneralKilled in Sicilian Expedition
Athenian Aristocrat, described by Thucydides as a warmongererkilled at Amphipolis in 422
Cleon's Spartan counterpartkilled at Amphipolis in 422
Date: Peace of Nicias 0
4th Century TeachersTaught statesmen and Nobility using Philosophy and Rhetoric
416: Athenian attempt to intimidate Sparta0
415-413: Major Athenian LossClaimed lives of Demosthenes, Nicias, and Lamachus
Wealthy young Aristocrat who defected to Sparta in 4150
Athens in 4110
Sea Battle of 406: Athenian Victory, Athenian Generals still Executed0
Final Defeat of Athens in 405Athenians refuse Alcibiades' help
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When was Socrates Executed?0
395-387: Allied states against Sparta 0
Installed by Artaxerxes II in 387Puts Ionia under Spartan control, frees all other Poleis
377 Maritime self-defense leagueLasts until 355
371 Theban victory over Sparta 0
Era from 371-362 led by Epaminondas0
Date: Unification of Messenia into Messene0
362 Battle: Epaminondas is killed0
357-355 War against Athens led by Rhodes and Byzantium0
Date: Philip II of Macedon becomes Archon of Thessaly0
What Philip joins after becoming Archon of Thessaly0
4th Century Athenian Orator who didn't trust Philip II0
Argued for Athenian alliance with Philip II0
Macedonian Victory over Athens in 3380
What Philip II created in 338 0
Student of Plato, Alexander's tutor founder of Lyceum in 3550
Date: Philip II is assassinated, Alexander assumes throne0
Alexander's 333 victory in southern Anatolia0
Date: founding of Alexandria0
331 battle that marked the fall of the Persian Empire0
Persian King killed by Bessus in 3300
Date: Mutiny at Opis0
326 battle in India Elephants!
Date: Alexander dies in Babylon0
Egypt after Alexander's deathLasts almost 300 years
Eastern Expanse of Macedonian Empire after Alexander's Death0
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Greek History (5th and 4th centuries BCE) Quiz

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  • Created Dec 19, 2011 in History
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