Born
495 BC
Died
429 BC
Nationality
Greek
Events involving Pericles (4)
461 BC
ID: 238
Pericles rises to power in Athens - begins Golden Age: democracy, building program, cultural flowering
ID: 238
431 BC
ID: 246
Peloponnesian War begins - Athens versus Sparta, democracy versus oligarchy, sea versus land power
ID: 246
430 BC
ID: 3694
Plague of Athens - kills 1/3 of population including Pericles, possibly typhoid fever
ID: 3694
429 BC
ID: 248
Death of Pericles from plague - Funeral Oration idealizes Athenian democracy
ID: 248