Greek World - Dates

Question 1

508 - 479 BC

Answer 1

Persian Wars

Question 2

508 BC

Answer 2

Democratic Revolution in Athens

Question 3

499 BC

Answer 3

Ionian Revolt

Question 4

492 BC

Answer 4

Failed Mardonius expedition

Question 5

490 BC

Answer 5

First invasion - Battle of Marathon

Question 6

486 BC

Answer 6

Darius dies and Xerxes becomes king

Question 7

481 BC

Answer 7

Greek Congress

Question 8

480 BC

Answer 8

second invasion - battles of Thermopylae, Salamis (simultaneous) and Artemesium

Question 9

479 BC

Answer 9

Battles of Plataea and Mycale, end of the Persian Wars

Question 10

477 - 468 BC

Answer 10

Early Delian League

Question 11

477 BC

Answer 11

formation of Delian League

Question 12

476 BC

Answer 12

Thrace

Question 13

474 BC

Answer 13

Pirates

Question 14

472 BC

Answer 14

Carystes is forced to join Delian League, as they benefit from it’s actions

Question 15

469 BC

Answer 15

Naxos revolt (dates uncertain - may have been 468 BC and after Eurymendon)

Question 16

468 BC

Answer 16

Battle of Eurymendon (dates uncertain - may have been in 469 BC and before Naxos revolt)

Question 17

465 - ?? BC

Answer 17

Later Delian League - Imperialistic Athens

Question 18

465 - 463 BC

Answer 18

Thasos Revolt

Question 19

464 BC

Answer 19

Earthquake hits Laconia, helots use disruption to revolt (assisted by some of the perioeci)

Plutarch - the greatest catastrophe in human memory
Diodorus - 20 000 were killed
(both likely exaggerated)
Thucydides - the great earthquake

Question 20

463 BC

Answer 20

Helots take a position at the hill of Ithome

Question 21

462 BC

Answer 21

Sparta asks Athens for help with helot revolt. Athenians go, but upon arrival their help is rejected

Question 22

461 BC

Answer 22

Cimon ostracised for 10 years due to being a “friend of Sparta” who had just insulted them - political/social suicide

Question 23

461 BC

Answer 23

Death of Ephialtes (radical democrat) and rise of Pericles who becomes leader of radical democrats

Question 24

461 BC

Answer 24

Athens allies with Argos (one of the largest hoplite forces outside of Spartan control) and Thessaly (renowned for their cavalry)

Crucially - did not consult with the rest of the Delian League

Question 25

461 - 445 BC

Answer 25

First Peloponnesian War

Question 26

460 BC

Answer 26

Megara (willingly) joined the Delian League Withdrew from the Peloponnesian League

Question 27

459 BC

Answer 27

Athens captures land in central Greece (Naupactis) - puts in a naval base -controls straits in the Corinthian gulf and challenges Corinth's economic dominance

Question 28

459 BC

Answer 28

Egyptian Campaign - 200 triremes against Cyprus (victorious) invited by rebels in Egypt to intervene. Greeks were originally victorious over the Persians in the Nile Delta Athens likely did this to calm the suspicions of their allies - they were still fighting against Persia

Question 29

458 BC

Answer 29

Construction of the Long Walls - building of the long walls in Athens - joining Athens with the Piraeus and Pharlon (two harbours)

Question 30

458 - 457 BC

Answer 30

First direct contact between the Peloponnesian state and the Delian League - Aegean loss/Athenian victory - Aegina becomes a tribute state of the Delian League - Sparta doesn't help - for the first time, Delian League forces are fighting against other Greeks

Question 31

454 BC

Answer 31

Delian League forces disastrously defeated by the Persians in the Egyptian campaign. Athens used this as an excuse to move the League treasury from Delos to Athens