1. Attends Socrates’ trial

    · Athens, Attica, Greece

    Attends Socrates’ trial
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    Plato was present at Socrates’ trial in Athens and joined friends offering security for a proposed fine, directly connecting him to the defining crisis of his early philosophical life. The trial is dated to 399 BC; its precise courtroom location is uncertain, so the coordinate represents Athens.

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