Founding of the Delian League and Rise of Athenian Empire
478 BCE
Maritime alliance of Aegean poleis evolving into an Athenian naval empire.
Sources and References
Stèles des comptes du tribut athénien (*IG I³ 259-290*, Musée Épigraphique d'Athènes)
Thucydide, *Histoire de la Guerre du Péloponnèse* (Livre I)
Semantic cluster
Ancient Greece clusterMinoans, Mycenae, city-states, Persian Wars, Pericles, Alexander.
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Battle of Thermopylae and Athenian Naval Victory at Salamis
480 BCE
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Construction of the Parthenon and Golden Age of Pericles
447 BCE
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First Persian War and Athenian Victory at the Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
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Founding of Athenian Democracy by Cleisthenes' Reforms
508 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