Notable events of the era include:
- The Greco-Persian Wars
- The rise of Athens and the Delian League
- The Peloponnesian War
- The Plague of Athens
- The Spartan hegemony
- The rise of Macedon
Classical Greece shouldn't be confused with the classical era, a broader term used for the period of cultural history of the Greco-Roman world that lasted from the 8th century BC to the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Example questions
- Was there an assasination attempt against Xerxes in the battle of Thermopylae?
- How could Plato know 9,000 year old stories about Atlantis?
Related tags
ancient-greece for general questions about ancient Greece
greek-dark-ages for questions specific to the Greek Dark Ages (the Homeric era)
greco-persian-wars for questions specific to the Greco-Persian Wars
hellenistic-greece for questions about the Hellenistic period
alexander-iii-greece for questions specific to Alexander the Great
macedon for questions about the ancient kingdom of Macedon
