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Greek theatre grows in popularity. Greek theatre utilized masks to show emotion. The theatre also entertained the public with jugglers and magicians as well as plays.
Sophocles pens his first tragic victory.
An earthquake ravages Lakonia. The Helot rebel against Sparta in Messenia.
The first Peloponnesian War begins.
Perikles is celebrated as the leader of Athens' military.
Aeschylus produces a trilogy of tragic plays, including Agamemnon, Libation Bearers and Eumenides. They are known collectively as The Oresteia.
Major construction begins in Athens, including the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
The Greeks and Persians reach a measure of peace.
Euripides writes his first tragedy to be performed in Athens. Sophocles produces Antigone.
Second Peloponnesian War begins.
Plague hits Athens.
Temple of Athena is constructed.
Athens destroys Melos.
Syracuse wins a war with Athens.
Athens erupts in revolution. Aristophanes produces the political commentary Lysistrata.
Athens surrenders after a war with Sparta. It is ruled by thirty tyrants.
Bibliography of the Ancient Greek History Timeline
Rhodes, P (2005). History of the Classical Greek World, 478 - 323 BCE. Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Sabin P, Wees, H van and Whitby, M (2007). Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare. Volume 2, Rome from the Late Republic to the Late Empire. Hughes, J D (1996). Pan's Travail Environmental Problems of Ancient Greeks and Romans. Ancient Society and History. bibliography
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