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Aeschylus wins the prize for tragedy at the City Dionysia in Athens
Themistocles persuades the Athenians to build up their fleet against the expected renewal of the threat from Persia
300 Spartans, led by Leonidas, die attempting to hold the pass of Thermopylae against the advancing Persian army
Athens, abandoned to the advancing Persians, is looted and destroyed
The Athenian fleet defeats a considerably larger Persian force in the narrow strait between Salamis and the mainland
A Spartan army, led by Pausanias, wins a victory at Plataea, completing the rout of the Persians on the Greek mainland
The Olympic games are extended to five days, the first and last of which are taken up with religious ceremonies
Sophocles wins the prize for tragedy in Athens, defeating Aeschylus in the competition
With the army away, Pericles introduces full democracy for all Athenian citizens, enabling them to vote and participate in the administration of the state
Simmering hostilities between the allies of Sparta and Athens develop into endemic conflict among the Greek city states of the Peloponnese
Euripides enters the drama contest at the City Dionysia in Athens for the first time
The followers of Pythagoras maintain that the earth revolves on its own axis and moves in an orbit
The Athenians begin building the Parthenon, a temple to Athena, which they complete within ten years
Phidias sculpts a huge statue of the goddess Athena, to be the central feature of the new Parthenon
Pericles negotiates a treaty, scheduled to hold for thirty years, establishing spheres of influence for Sparta (the mainland) and Athens (the Aegean coast and islands)
A sudden attack on Plataea (an ally of Athens) by Thebes (an ally of Sparta) begins the Second Peloponnesian War
The renewal of the Peloponnesian War prompts Thucydides to begin a great work of contemporary history
Aristophanes wins first prize in Athens for his comedy The Acharnians
Socrates is now sufficiently prominent to be satirized in Clouds, a comedy by Aristophanes
A Carthaginian army lands near Marsala to begin the long involvement of Carthage in Sicily
The famous Long Walls of Athens, her impregnable defence, are dismantled by the Spartans in the final act of the Peloponnesian War
Socrates, convicted in Athens of impiety, is sentenced to death and drinks the hemlock
The Romans capture the nearby Etruscan town of Veii, beginning a long process of territorial expansion
Celtic tribes , pushing south through the Alps, reach Rome and sack the city
Plato establishes a school in Akademeia, a suburb of Athens
