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Forces of the Delian League assist the Egyptians in a successful revolt against their Persian rulers
Athens completes its famous Long Walls, providing protected access between the city and its harbour, at Piraeus
Euripides enters the drama contest at the City Dionysia in Athens for the first time
The Greeks suffer a major reverse when their fleet is trapped on the Nile and destroyed by the Persians
The Athenians transfer into their own keeping the accumulated treasure of the Delian League
Pericles' power is greatly increased when he is put in charge of the funds of the Delian leaague
Empedocles states that all matter is made up of four elemental substances - earth, fire, air and water
The followers of Pythagoras maintain that the earth revolves on its own axis and moves in an orbit
The Athenians mount successful attacks on the Persian forces occupying the Greek island of Cyprus
The Sophists, professional philosophers, travel round Greece educating the sons of the rich
The Greek historian Herodotus visits Egypt and provides, among many other details, an account of the process of mummification
Pericles introduces payment in Athens for jury service so that no citizen is excluded by poverty
Badarayana, founder of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, is believed to be author of the Brahma Sutra, a Vedanta interpretation of the Upanishads
In the Peace of Kallias the Persians acknowledge the independence of Greek Ionia, and agree not to bring their fleet into the Aegean
The Athenians begin building the Parthenon, a temple to Athena, which they complete within ten years
Ictinos, the architect of the Parthenon, blends Doric and Ionic elements in a way which will later influence many other Greek temples
Phidias sculpts a huge statue of the goddess Athena, to be the central feature of the new Parthenon
An army commanded by a Spartan king turns back mysteriously during an invasion of Attica, leading to rumours that Pericles has bribed the king
Pericles negotiates a treaty, scheduled to hold for thirty years, establishing spheres of influence for Sparta (the mainland) and Athens (the Aegean coast and islands)
Pericles is selected by the assembly as the leading general of Athens, a post to which he is re-appointed every year until his death
Myron sculpts the Discus Thrower, an outstanding example of the Greek ability to suggest movement
Under Pericles, colonies and garrisons are established in strategic areas with the colonists remaining Athenian citizens
An extensive trading network, backed up by force, gives Athens control over the whole of the Aegean and the Black Sea
Pericles breaches his own Thirty Years Treaty, sending 30 triremes in support of a city state in dispute with Corinth, an ally of Sparta
