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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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| 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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| 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 |
| | | Pericles' power is greatly increased when he is put in charge of the funds of the Delian leaague | |
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| c. 450 BC |
| | | Pericles introduces payment in Athens for jury service so that no citizen is excluded by poverty | |
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| 447 BC |
| | | The Athenians begin building the Parthenon, a temple to Athena, which they complete within ten years | |
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| 446 BC |
| | | An army commanded by a Spartan king turns back mysteriously during an invasion of Attica, leading to rumours that Pericles has bribed the king | |
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| 446 BC |
| | | Pericles negotiates a treaty, scheduled to hold for thirty years, establishing spheres of influence for Sparta (the mainland) and Athens (the Aegean coast and islands) | |
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| 443429 BC |
| | | Pericles is selected by the assembly as the leading general of Athens, a post to which he is re-appointed every year until his death | |
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