Ancient Greeks - When and Where?

The unit "Delian League To Athenian Empire" of the Ancient Greek AS and A Level course covers the 5th Century BC (400s BC).

Some key dates you need to know include:

478BC - The date that the Delian League was formed at the island of Delos.

469BC - Naxos revolt.

465BC - Thasos revolt.

461BC - Cimon was ostracised.

460BC - Pericles came to power.

454BC - Treasury moved from Delos to Athens.

450/449BC - Peace of Callias formed (controversial).

447BC - Battle of Coronea.

431BC - Pelopponesian War broke out.

Remember all of these key dates.

Here are some of the city states you will need to know:

• Athens
• Sparta
• Argos
• Melos
• Naxos
• Thasos
• Samos
• Chios
• Lesbos
• Thebes
• Mytilene
• Salamis
• Corcyra
• Corinth

There are more, but these are the key city states.

• Peloponnese - Names after a man called Pelops.
• Delos - Small island after which the Delian League is named and based.
• Greece - Although they didn't see it as Greece, but rather as a collection of city states.

Others;

• Euboae
• Boeotia
• Attica
• Laconia
• Argolid
• Thessaly
• Pylos
• Paros
• Ithaca
• Eretria
• Mycenae