5th century BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Timelines:
State leaders:
  • 6th century BC
  • 5th century BC
  • 4th century BC
Decades:
  • 490s BC
  • 480s BC
  • 470s BC
  • 460s BC
  • 450s BC
  • 440s BC
  • 430s BC
  • 420s BC
  • 410s BC
  • 400s BC
Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. It was the golden age of Classical Greece when it became powerful, won the Greco-Persian wars and entered the Peloponnesian War.

Events

Sophocles is born.

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