fifth century BC
Golden Age Greece
The fifth century BC spans the years 500 to 401 before the common era—a period of remarkable cultural and intellectual flowering, particularly in ancient Greece.
This century saw Athenian democracy at its height, the Persian Wars, the construction of the Parthenon, and the lives of Socrates, Pericles, and Herodotus.
Athenian drama reached its peak in the fifth century BC.
- ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
- Golden AgeLegendary period of perfection
- Persian EmpireAncient Iranian imperial dominion
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- ParthenonAncient Greek hilltop temple
Confucius · Peloponnesian War · Taoism · water clocks · bronze casting · Sparta · Heraclitus · Upanishads · Classical Athens · Athenian democracy · Pythagoras · Carthage · Zoroastrianism · Battle of Marathon · Warring States period · Sun Tzu · Pericles · city states
fifth century BCtwenty-first century
Years 2001 through 2100
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fifth century BCmedieval period
Post-Roman, pre-Renaissance era
Dark Ages · Industrial Age · Digital Age · Victorian era · modern times
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