Dates

Question 1

When were the Greek cities of Asia Minor and Cyprus conquered by Persia?

Answer 1

Mid-late 6th century BCE

Question 2

When did Darius come to power?

Answer 2

522

Question 3

When did the Persians try to invade Naxos?

Answer 3

499

Question 4

When was the Ionian Revolt?

Answer 4

499-494

Question 5

When was Mardonius’ initial campaign in northern Greece?

Answer 5

492

Question 6

When did Darius ask for earth and water?

Answer 6

491

Question 7

When did Darius invade Greece?

Answer 7

490

Question 8

When was the Battle of Marathon?

Answer 8

490

Question 9

When did Egypt rebel from Persian rule?

Answer 9

486

Question 10

When did Darius die and Xerxes come to power?

Answer 10

486

Question 11

When did Themistocles persuade the Athenian assembly to spend their money on ships?

Answer 11

483/2

Question 12

When did Xerxes ask for earth and water?

Answer 12

481

Question 13

When did Xerxes invade Greece?

Answer 13

480

Question 14

When was the Battle of Thermopylae?

Answer 14

August 480

Question 15

When was the Battle of Artemisium?

Answer 15

August 480

Question 16

When was the Battle of Salamis?

Answer 16

September 480

Question 17

When was the Battle of Plataea?

Answer 17

479

Question 18

When was the Battle of Mycale?

Answer 18

479

Question 19

When was the siege of Sestos?

Answer 19

479

Question 20

When did Athens rebuild their city walls?

Answer 20

478

Question 21

When did Athens build their Long Walls?

Answer 21

458

Question 22

When did the Delian League first meet?

Answer 22

477

Question 23

When was the Battle of Eurymedon?

Answer 23

Early 460s

Question 24

When did Xerxes die and Artaxerxes ascend?

Answer 24

456

Question 25

When did Naxos try to secede from the Delian League?

Answer 25

c. 470

Question 26

When did Athens force Carystus to join the Delian League?

Answer 26

472

Question 27

When did Athens force Aegina to join the Delian League?

Answer 27

457

Question 28

When did Thasos revolt from the Delian League?

Answer 28

456

Question 29

When was the earthquake and helot revolt in Sparta?

Answer 29

456

Question 30

When was Cimon ostracised from Athens for 10 years?

Answer 30

461

Question 31

When was the First Peloponnesian War?

Answer 31

460-446

Question 32

When was the Battle of Tanagra?

Answer 32

457

Question 33

When did Egypt rebel from Persia?

Answer 33

460

Question 34

When did Persia put down the Egyptian rebellion?

Answer 34

454

Question 35

When was the Delian League treasury moved to Athens?

Answer 35

454/3

Question 36

When did Pericles become a key political and military leader in Athens?

Answer 36

450s

Question 37

When did Athens and the Peloponnesians agree to a five-year peace?

Answer 37

451

Question 38

When did Athens launch a campaign against Cyprus?

Answer 38

451

Question 39

When was the supposed peace of Callias agreed?

Answer 39

c.449

Question 40

When was the Chalkis Decree passed?

Answer 40

c.446

Question 41

When did Boeotia successfully revolt from Athens?

Answer 41

447

Question 42

When did Euboea and Megara revolt from Athens?

Answer 42

446

Question 43

When did Pleistoanax lead the Peloponnesians into Attica?

Answer 43

446

Question 44

When was the 30 Year Peace agreed?

Answer 44

446

Question 45

When were Samos and Miletus at war?

Answer 45

440

Question 46

When was the debate for war?

Answer 46

432

Question 47

When did Athens send ships to the Ambracian Gulf?

Answer 47

Late 430s

Question 48

When did Epidamnus' democrats ask Corcyra then Corinth for help?

Answer 48

435

Question 49

When did Corcyra ask Athens for help?

Answer 49

433

Question 50

When did Corinth attack Corcyra?

Answer 50

Late 433

Question 51

When did Athens demand Potidaea tear down their defences?

Answer 51

432

Question 52

When was the Archidamian War?

Answer 52

431-421

Question 53

When did Sparta invade Attica?

Answer 53

431, 430, 428, 427 and 425

Question 54

When did Thebes attack Plataea?

Answer 54

431

Question 55

When was the plague in Athens?

Answer 55

430-429

Question 56

When was the resurgence of the plague in Athens?

Answer 56

426

Question 57

When did the Peloponnesians send an embassy to Persia that was detained and executed by the prince of Thrace?

Answer 57

430

Question 58

When did Athens' siege of Potidaea end?

Answer 58

429

Question 59

When was the Battle of Naupactus?

Answer 59

429

Question 60

When did Mytilene revolt from Athens

Answer 60

428

Question 61

When was the Cleonymos Decree?

Answer 61

426

Question 62

When was the Thoudippos Decree?

Answer 62

425

Question 63

When did Demosthenes fortify a position in Pylos?

Answer 63

425

Question 64

When did the Spartans at Sphacteria surrender to Athens?

Answer 64

425

Question 65

When was Brasidas sent to Thrace?

Answer 65

424

Question 66

When did Brasidas convince Acanthus and Amphipolis to rebel from Athens?

Answer 66

424

Question 67

When was the Battle of Delium?

Answer 67

424

Question 68

When did Athens and Sparta sign an armistice?

Answer 68

423

Question 69

When did Brasidas convince Scione and Mende to rebel from Athens?

Answer 69

423

Question 70

When did Nicias re-take Mende and Scione for Athens?

Answer 70

423

Question 71

When did Cleon re-take Torone for Athens?

Answer 71

422

Question 72

When was the Battle of Amphipolis?

Answer 72

422

Question 73

When was the Peace of Nicias?

Answer 73

421