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| 462 BC |
| | | With the army away, Pericles introduces full democracy for all Athenian citizens, enabling them to vote and participate in the administration of the state | |
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| c. 462 BC |
| | | Sparta causes offence in Athens by dismissing the Athenian army without using them against the helots | |
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| 461 BC |
| | | Athens makes provocative alliances with two city-states opposed to Sparta | |
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| 461 BC |
| | | Pericles is given the task of constructing Athens' two famous Long Walls, stretching from the city to either side of the harbour at Piraeus | |
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| c. 460 BC |
| | | Herodotus, the 'father of history', writes his account of the Greco-Persian Wars from a vantage point in Asia Minor | |
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| 460 BC |
| | | Simmering hostilities between the allies of Sparta and Athens develop into endemic conflict among the Greek city states of the Peloponnese | |
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| 460 BC |
| | | Forces of the Delian League assist the Egyptians in a successful revolt against their Persian rulers | |
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| 457 BC |
| | | Athens completes its famous Long Walls, providing protected access between the city and its harbour, at Piraeus | |
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| 454 BC |
| | | Euripides enters the drama contest at the City Dionysia in Athens for the first time | |
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| 454 BC |
| | | The Greeks suffer a major reverse when their fleet is trapped on the Nile and destroyed by the Persians | |
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