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478 BCE
Formation of Delian league to continue war with Persia, under Athenian leadership
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478 BCE
Delian League treasury is kept in Delos until 454 B.C.E.
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Period: 476 BCE to 463 BCE
Delian League operations are led by Athenian commander Cimon
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Period: 470 BCE to 469 BCE
Attempted secession of Naxos from the Delian League
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467 BCE
The island of Naxos rebel against Athenian dominance of the Delian League
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Period: 460 BCE to 459 BCE
Megara switches sides to Athens; outbreak of war with the Peloponnesians- Athenians initially victorious
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Period: 456 BCE to 455 BCE
Athenians spread their power to the northern Peloponnesse
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454 BCE
Delian League treasury moved to Athens symbolizing conversion of League into Athenian Empire
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Period: 447 BCE to 446 BCE
Boeotian cities revolt against Athens; secessions in Euboea and Megara
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Period: 435 BCE to 431 BCE
Corinth vs. Corcyra, Battle of Potidaea, Meagrian Decree
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431 BCE
Outbreak of War between the Athenian Empire and Sparta's Peloponnesian League
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421 BCE
Peace of Nicias between Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues
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415 BCE
Sparta asks for help from Sparta against the growing Athenian Empire
The Persians agreed, but Sparta had to give up land. -
415 BCE
Sicily DIsaster- Alcibiades
Pericles nephew- Alcibiades takes his troops all along the Mediterranean towards coast of Sicily. This has a purpose to gain their sources of wheat and timber (what they needed). This is disastrous, navy was destroyed and land troops massacred. -
405 BCE
Athens beat by Spartan admiral Lysander on the sea
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404 BCE
Surrender of Athens, and the Delian League dissolves
After the Delian League dissolved, many Greek city-states were no longer strong enough to stand up against Philip and his son Alexander the Great. The end of the Delian league was arguably the final decline of Ancient Greece. -
429
Outbreak of the Plague
Pericles and 1/3 of the population is killed.