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c. 495 BCEBirth of Pericles.
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470 BCEPericles enters politics.
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463 BCEPericles leads a prosecution of Cimon on charges of corruption but he is acquitted.
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462 BCE - 461 BCERadicalisation of democracy in Athens; Cimon exiled, Pericles comes to exercise influence.
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c. 462 BCE - 458 BCEPericles introduces democratic institutions in Athens.
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461 BCE - 429 BCEPericles is ruler of Athens.
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460 BCE - 429 BCEThe Age of Pericles. Athenian Agora is rebuilt, construction of Parthenon.
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454 BCEPericles leads his first military expedition in Sicyon and Acarnania.
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453 BCEPericles erects trophy at Nemea after Athenian victory over the Sikyonians.
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c. 450 BCEPericles oversees a significant rebuilding programme at Eleusis.
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448 BCEPericles leads the Athenian forces in the Battle of Delphi.
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447 BCEBarbarians are expelled from Gallipoli by Pericles' army.
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28 Jul 447 BCEReconstruction and creation of the Acropolis of the Classical Period begins under Pericles' leadership.
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440 BCEPericles leads the Athenian navy in the seige against Samos
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431 BCEAthens invades Megara.
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429 BCEThe death of Pericles from the plague.
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c. 425 BCEKresilas sculpts the idealised portrait statue of Pericles which in antiquity was much copied as a bust.