Timeline of the Wars
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Updated: 14 Oct 2018
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Created byEllen Joosten
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Persians retaliate against Athens; Battle of MarathonPersian king Xerxes I leads a massive invasion of Greece; battle at the pass of ThermopylaeThe Greeks destroy the Persian fleet at SalamisWar between Athens and Sparta and some of its alliesTreaty between Sparta and Athens, promising thirty years of peacePericles persuades the Athenians to pass a law that excludes the Megarians from trading with Athens and its empiresFirst Spartan invasion of Attica; plague, claiming Pericles himselfpeace of Nicias between Sparta and Athens (Cleon)Athens sends a fleet to MelosSparta's declaration of war against Athens; widespread revolt within the Athenian Empire; Persia supports SpartaAlcibiades recalled from exileSpartan forces destroyed the last Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegospotami; Spartans blockaded Athens until it was starved into submissionKing's Peace between Greece and PersiaUnprovoked attack on Athens by SpartaAthens makes a separate peace with Sparta out of fear for ThebesBattle of Leuctra; Thebes defeats SpartaPhilip II ascends to the throne of MacedoniaPhilip II wins a decisive victory over Thebes and Athens that gave him command of GreeceEnding of the Classical PeriodPhilip II is murdered; Alexander the Great ascends to the thronePeriods
Persian WarsPeloponnesian WarSpartans fight Persia for Ionia
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