Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 37.937, 23.645 · 13 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 430 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The plague strikes Piraeus first, and a rumor spreads that the wells have been poisoned |
| 415 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Athenian fleet sails from Piraeus in midsummer, with all the citizens seeing it off |
| 411 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Theramenes objects that the Eetioneia wall at Piraeus is meant to let in the enemy fleet |
| 411 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Piraeus hoplites tear down the Eetioneia wall and imprison Alexicles |
| 411 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | When 42 Peloponnesian ships sail from Megara along the coast of Salamis, the Athenians rush to Piraeus to defend it |
| 407 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Alcibiades sails via Paros and Gytheion and enters Piraeus on the day of the Plynteria; the citizens pour out to meet him. |
| 404 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Lysander sails into Piraeus, the exiles return, and the demolition of the walls begins to the sound of flutes. |
| 403 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | While pursuing, Pausanias is driven back by the light-armed and heavy-armed troops of Piraeus; he sets up a victory monument. |
| 401 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Thrasybulus advanced straight to the Piraeus and took the Munichia hill. |
| 393 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | Conon provides his own sailors and funds to rebuild the Long Walls and the walls of the Piraeus at Athens. |
| 387 BC | Xenophon, Hellenica | With twelve ships, Teleutias raids the harbor of the Piraeus at night, captures merchant ships and triremes, and brings them to Aegina to be sold. |
| 307 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Demetrius enters the Piraeus and liberates Athens |
| 87 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Sulla surrounds the Piraeus with his whole army and attacks with all kinds of siege equipment |