Peloponnesian War 430 BC–403 BC

Peloponnesian League ⚔ Delian League

Key battles

• Battle of Potidaea (431 BC)
• Battle of Spartolos (428 BC)
• Battle of Olpae (425 BC)
• Battle of Tanagra (425 BC)
• Battle of Sphacteria (424 BC)
• Battle of Delium (423 BC)
• Battle of Amphipolis (421 BC)
• Battle of Mantinea (417 BC)
• Battle of Melos (414 BC)

Who lived through the Peloponnesian War

Well-known people alive during 430 BC–403 BC:

• Plato (428 BC–348 BC) — 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
• Socrates (469 BC–398 BC) — 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher
• Sophocles (495 BC–405 BC) — ancient Greek playwright
• Hippocrates (459 BC–369 BC) — Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
• Euripides (480 BC–406 BC) — Classical Athenian playwright
• Democritus (460 BC–360 BC) — Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
• Aristophanes (444 BC–384 BC) — Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
• Thucydides (460 BC–394 BC) — 5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
• Xenophon (430 BC–353 BC) — Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC)
• Protagoras (489 BC–419 BC) — Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
• Gorgias (484 BC–374 BC) — Greek presocratic philosopher and sophist (483–375 BC)
• Antisthenes (444 BC–364 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Cynicism (c.446–c.366 BCE)
• Isocrates (435 BC–337 BC) — Greek rhetorician and writer (436–338 BC)
• Alcibiades (449 BC–403 BC) — Athenian statesman
• Aristippus (434 BC–365 BC) — Greek philosopher, founder of Cyrenaicism (c.435–c.356 BCE)
• Mozi (469 BC–390 BC) — 5th-century BC Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism
• Aspasia (469 BC–399 BC) — 5th-century BC partner of Athenian statesman Pericles
• Archytas (429 BC–344 BC) — 4th-century BC Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and statesman
• Artaxerxes III (424 BC–337 BC) — The 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC)
• Darius II (474 BC–403 BC) — The ninth Achaemenid emperor (423–404 BC)
• Epaminondas (417 BC–361 BC) — Theban general and statesman (419/411–362 BC)
• Artaxerxes II (452 BC–357 BC) — The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
• Philolaus (469 BC–389 BC) — Greek philosopher, astronomer and Pythagorean (c.470–c.385 BCE)
• Agesilaus II (443 BC–359 BC) — king of Sparta
• Judah Maccabee (500 BC–) — 2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids

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