Events of Classical Greece and Persia, 500 to 400 BCE

This group gathers events that began between 500 to 400 BCE, placed among the events of The Classical World. The years from 500 to 400 BCE were marked by the clash of the Persian Empire with the Greek city-states and by the rivalry of Athens and Sparta. An event belongs here when its cited article gives a start date inside this span. It excludes events that began earlier or later, which sit in the neighboring groups of the same period, and it does not turn on how large or famous an event was.