The Classical period in the Aegean: Athens and the rise of Macedonia

The frame

On the Met's page "Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D." the bar reads "Classical period, ca. 480-323 B.C.". As for the other Aegean periods, the site follows this scheme for mainland Greece and the Aegean islands, although the page itself covers a wider area, from Albania to European Turkey. Source 1.

Boundaries and overlaps

The period begins where the Archaic ends, about 480 B.C., and ends where the bar "Hellenistic period, ca. 323-31 B.C." begins; under 323 B.C. the key events record the death of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon. At least one phase crosses the end: the Corinthian League, established by Philip II of Macedon in 338 B.C., "provides the framework for Macedonian domination of Greece until it is dissolved in 322 B.C.", one year into the next period. Inside the period the page has two shorter bars, "Age of Perikles, Athens, ca. 440-429 B.C." and "Rise to power of Macedonia, 359-323", the second without "B.C." on the page. Source 1.

On this site

The article on the Parthenon reads the timeline's entry for 449-432 B.C.: the architects, the two orders and the marble of the temple on the Akropolis, in years that overlap the bar of the Age of Perikles. The article on Aigai (Vergina), which begins in the Early Iron Age, has its main placement here. The article on the sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus follows an ensemble that its source dates to the 4th century BCE, a century that runs past the end of the period. Sources 1, 2.