Who was alive in the 5th century BCE

23 people and 6 events and eras

Events and eras

• Zhou Dynasty 1046–256 BCE
• Axial Age c. 800–c. 200 BCE
• Classical Antiquity c. 800 BCE–c. 500 CE
• Classical Greece c. 510–323 BCE
• Roman Republic 509–27 BCE
• Athenian Democracy 508–322 BCE

People

• Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
• Pythagoras c. 570–c. 495 BCE, philosopher
• Gautama Buddha c. 563–c. 483 BCE, spiritual leader
• Confucius 551–479 BCE, philosopher
• Darius the Great 550–486 BCE, king
• Sun Tzu c. 544–c. 496 BCE, military strategist
• Leonidas I c. 540–480 BCE, king
• Heraclitus c. 535–c. 475 BCE, philosopher
• Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
• Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
• Parmenides Born c. 515 BCE, philosopher
• Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
• Pericles c. 495–429 BCE, statesman
• Herodotus c. 484–c. 425 BCE, historian
• Euripides c. 480–c. 406 BCE, playwright
• Phidias c. 480–c. 430 BCE, sculptor
• Socrates c. 470–399 BCE, philosopher
• Democritus c. 460–c. 370 BCE, philosopher
• Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BCE, physician
• Thucydides c. 460–c. 400 BCE, historian
• Aristophanes c. 446–c. 386 BCE, playwright
• Plato c. 428–c. 348 BCE, philosopher
• Diogenes c. 412–323 BCE, philosopher