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424 BCE - 347 BCE: Life of the Greek philosopher Plato.
424 BCE - 423 BCE: Plato is born at Athens, Greece.
407 BCE: Plato meets Socrates, abandons aspiration to be playwright.
403 BCE: Plato turns away from politics toward philosophy.
399 BCE: Trial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora.
398 BCE: Plato flees to Megara with other followers of Socrates.
398 BCE - 380 BCE: Plato travels in Egypt, Cyrene, Italy, Syracuse and Sicily.
361 BCE - 360 BCE: Plato's second trip to Syracuse.
360 BCE: Final attempt by Plato to make Syracusan king a philosopher-king.
347 BCE: Plato dies at his Academy.
204 CE - 270 CE: Life of Plotinus.