Timeline of 5th century BC Athens

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Hint	Answer
499-93	Ionian revolt
492	Mardonius' expedition
490	First Persian invasion
490	Battle of marathon
490-80	Persian preparations
490-80	Greek preparations
481	Congress at the isthmus
481	Oracles
480	Battle of Thermopylae
480	Battle of Artemisium
480	Battle of Salamis
480-79	Xerxes leaves
479	Battle of Plataea
479	Battle of Mycale
478	Pausanias campaigns in Asia minor/Formation of the Delian league
477	First meeting of the Delian league
476-75	Siege of Eion
474-73	Conquest of Scyrus
472	Coercion of Carystos
470	Revolt of Naxos
468	Battle of Eurymedon (Peace of Callias?)
478-61	Themistocles and Cimon
478-61	Sparta's internal problems
465	Revolt of Thasos
464	Helot revolt
461/0-59	Megara defects
461-54	Increasing control of Delian league/Treasury moved to Athens

Hint	Answer
458	Aegina revolts
457	Battle of Tanagra
457	Battle of Oenyphyta
456	Siege of Aegina ends
451	5 year peace
451-50	Cimon in Cyprus (Peace of Callias?)
448	Sacred war
447	Battle of Choroneia
446	Megara and Euboea revolt
446	Pleistoanax's invasion of Attica
446	Chalkis decree
446	30 year peace
440-39	Revolt of Samos
436-33	Epidamnus affair
433-32	Potidaea
432	Megaran decree
>431	Other conflicts before outbreak of war (Aegina, Ambracian gulf)
432	Assemblies at Sparta
431	Thebes attacks Plataea
431-26	Archidamus' invasions of Attica
430-29	Plague
429	Death of Pericles
428	Revolt of Lesbos
427	Destruction of Plataea
427	Civil war in Corcyra
426	Cleonymous decree
425	Thoudippos decree

Hint	Answer
425	Pylos and Sphacteria
424	Brasidas in Thrace
424	Battle of Delium
423	Armistice
422	Battle of Amphipolis
421	Peace of Nicias
420	Athenian Argive alliance
418	Battle of Mantinea
416	Athens and Melos
416	Segesta ask for aid
415-13	Sicilian expedition
414	Siege of Syracuse
413	Occupation of Decelea
412	Treaty of Miletus
411	Oligarchic coup
411	Battle of Cynossema
411	Battle at Abydos
410	Cyzicus
408/7	Alcibiades returns and sent on campaign
410-07	Rebuilding of Sparta's fleet
410-07	Arrival of Cyrus
406	Battle of Notium
406	Battle of Arginusae
405	Battle of Aegospotami
405-04	Spartan blockade of Athens
404-02	Rule of 30 and democracy restored