Ancient Greece Dates

Battle of Salamis
1. Battle of Thermopylae
  1. Battle of Marathon
    1. Athens Takes Out Hippias
      1. 510 BCE
      2. Last tyrant
    2. Athens and Greek allies (not Sparta) vs. Persia
      1. Persia had the advantage
        2 : 1
        Persia had 600 ships
      2. "Greece" won
        Used Double - Envelopment Technique
    3. 490 BCE
      1. 1st battle in Persian Wars
  2. Leonidas
    1. Spartan oligarch
    2. Greek general
  3. Persia had the advantage
    1. Persia won
      1. Surrounded Greeks - found another pass around them
    2. Estimated 20 : 1, 15 : 1 or 10 : 1
  4. 480 BCE
2. Battle of Plataea
  1. Golden Age of Athens
    1. Peloponnesian War
      1. Athens vs. Sparta
      2. Corfu - Corinthian colony
        Corfu wants to become independent and democratic
        Athens takes this as an invitation to conquer Corfu and agrees to help
        Sparta backs Corinth
        Corinth & Corfu stand back and let Athens & Sparta fight for them
    2. Delian League
      1. City-states paid Athens to protect them
        Athens got so much $ they started spending it on rebuilding & beautifying city
    3. 460 - 429 BCE
    4. Pericles
      1. Aristocrat
        Took people's point of view on things in voting and distanced himself from aristocrats
        Golden Age started when he became Strategoi
  2. 479 BCE
    1. Last Persian war
  3. Athens & Plataea are allies
    1. Persia attacks Plataea - Athens will come
      1. Sparta is scared Persia will attack them
        Spartan troops resting in Plataea when Persia arrives
        Sparta wins with 8,000 soldiers
3. 480 BCE
  1. One month after Battle of Thermopylae
4. Persia burns Athens
  1. Athens hides in Strait of Salamis before Persia arrives
    1. Attacks Persia when they come down Strait looking for Athenians
      1. Athens wins
        Athens loses 40 ships, Persia loses 300

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