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c. 469 BCE - 399 BCE

Life of Socrates.
427 BCE

Plato is born at Athens, Greece.
407 BCE

Plato meets Socrates, abandons aspiration to be playwright.
c. 403 BCE - 401 BCE

Xenophon is a disciple of Socrates.
399 BCE

Trial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora.
399 BCE

The Athenian demos pass the death sentence on Socrates.
398 BCE

Plato flees to Megara with other followers of Socrates.