Battle of Thermopylae and Athenian Naval Victory at Salamis
480 BCE
Stand of Leonidas's 300 Spartans and Themistocles' decisive naval victory over Xerxes.
Sources and References
Hérodote, *Histoires* (Livres VII-VIII) & Eschyle, *Les Perses*
Semantic cluster
Ancient Greece clusterMinoans, Mycenae, city-states, Persian Wars, Pericles, Alexander.
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First Persian War and Athenian Victory at the Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
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478 BCE
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508 BCE
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Construction of the Parthenon and Golden Age of Pericles
447 BCE
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Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta
431 BCE
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Trial and Execution of Socrates at Athens
399 BCE
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Enlightenment of Gautama Buddha
528 BCE
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Preaching of Mahavira and Codification of Absolute Non-Violence (*Ahimsa*)
540 BCE
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Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama and Founding of Buddhism
563 BCE