470 BC Socrates born, son of sculptor.

431 BC Peloponnesian War begins (Athens v. Sparta)

418 BC Socrates fights in Battle of Mantinea as a hoplite (armored soldier). Battle is lost. Socrates would have been around 52.

404 BC Peloponnesian War ends. Athens’ empire is dismantled.

399 BC Socrates executed. Socrates would have been around 70-71 years old.