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400 B.C.
Peloponnesian War 430404 B.C.
447-438 B.C. Callicrates,
Ictinus, and Phidias
oversee building of
Parthenon in Athens
450 B.C. the Twelve
Tables of Roman Law
480 B.C. Greeks destroy
Persian fleet at Salamis.
490 B.C. Athenians defeat
Persians at Marathon.
500 B.C.
ATHENS, GREECE, IN THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C.
Aristides, Athenan statesman, d. 468 B.C.
Themistocles, Athenian statesman, 524-459 B.C.
Cimon, Athenian statesman, c. 510-450 B.C.
Pericles, Athenian statesman, 495-429 B.C.
Nicias, Athenian general, 470-413 B.C.
Alcibiades, Athenian statesman b. 450 B.C.
Lysander, Spartan commander, d. 395 B.C.
Agesilaus, c. 444-360 B.C.
Herodotus, historian, c. 484-400 B.C.
Thucydides, historian, c. 455-400 B.C.
Xenophon, historian, c. 428-c. 354 B.C.
Aeschylus, playwright, 525-456 B.C.
Sophocles, playwright, 496-406 B.C.
Euripides, playwright, ca. 480-406 B.C.
Aristophanes, playwright, 446-385 B.C.
Socrates, philospher, 469-399 B.C.
Plato, philosopher, c. 427–c. 347 B.C.
Ictinus, architect, Fifth Century B.C.
Callicrates, architect, Fifth Century B.C.
Phidias, sculptor, c. 490-432 B.C.
MEANWHILE, IN THE NEAR, MIDDLE, AND FAR EAST, THESE MEN LIVED
Darius I, r. 521-485 B.C.
Artaxeres, 437-359 B.C.
Darius II, r. 423-404 B.C.
Ezra and Nehemiah active 450s to 420s
Buddha, c . 563-483 B.C.
Confucius, 551-479 B.C.