Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC - 426 BC - 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC
426 BC - Events.
Battle of Tanagra - Athenians under Nicias are defeated in an invasion of Boeotia
Battle of Olpae - Athenians under Demosthenes defeat the Spartans in Aetolia
Major earthquake in Athens
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC - 429 BC - 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC
429 BC - Events.
Battle of Chalcis - Chalcidians and their allies defeat Athens.
Battle of Naupactus - Phormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet.
An outbreak of plague kills over one-third of the population of Athens.
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC - 428 BC - 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC
428 BC - Events.
Mytilene, chief city of Lesbos, rebels.
428 BC - Births. Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 432 BC 431 BC 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC - 427 BC - 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC
427 BC - Events.
Agis II succeeds his father Archidamus II as king of Sparta
427 BC - Births.
Plato, Greek philosopher
427 BC - Deaths.
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC - 424 BC - 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC 420 BC 419 BC
424 BC - Events.
December 24 - King Artaxerxes I of Persia is last mentioned alive in inscription. Three of his sons soon rival each other for the throne as Xerxes II, Sogdianus and Darius II of Persia, with Darius II ult ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 430 BC 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC - 425 BC - 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC 420 BC
425 BC - Events.
Battle of Pylos - Athenians under Demosthenes again defeat the Spartans, this time capturing a Spartan fleet and leaving a Spartan contingent isolated on the island of Sphacteria
Battle of Sphact ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC - 422 BC - 421 BC 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC
422 BC - Events.
Battle of Amphipolis: The Spartans under Brasidas defeat the Athenians under Cleon.
422 BC - Births.
422 BC - Deaths.
Brasidas, Spartan lead ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
415 BC 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC - 410 BC - 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC
410 BC - Events.
Battle of Cyzicus - Alcibiades annihilates the Spartan fleet.
Oligarchic revolt in Corcyra is unsuccessful.
Carthage's Iberian colonies revolt
With the support of 50 retainers, Evagoras re-establishes his family's claim as kings of Salamis.
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC - 430s BC - 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC
Years: 435 BC 434 BC 433 BC 432 BC 431 BC - 430 BC - 429 BC 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC
430 BC - Events.
Athens suffers a major pestilence, believed to be caused by epidemic typhus.
430 BC is the approximate date of the first performance of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus the King in Athens.
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
Years: 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC 416 BC 415 BC - 414 BC - 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC 410 BC 409 BC
414 BC - Events.
Nicias leads attack by Athenians on Syracuse (see Sicilian Expedition)
414 BC - Births. Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
Years: 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC 416 BC - 415 BC - 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC 410 BC
415 BC - Events.
End of the Peace of Nicias
Beginning of the Athenian military expedition to Sicily
Athenian politician Alcibiades is condemned to death and flees to Sparta
Melos, refusing the A ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
Years: 421 BC 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC - 416 BC - 415 BC 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC
416 BC - Events.
Alcibiades is restored to power
416 BC - Births. Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC - 410s BC - 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC
416 BC 415 BC 414 BC 413 BC 412 BC - 411 BC - 410 BC 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC
411 BC - Events.
The Four Hundred take over in Athens, abolishing the democracy, but their rule lasts only four months.
Alcibiades returns to Athens.
Battle of Cynossema - The Athenian fleet under Thrasybulus and Thrasylus defeats the Spartan fleet.
The anti-war comedy Lys ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC - 421 BC - 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC 416 BC
421 BC - Events.
Peace of Nicias - temporary cessation of hostilities in the Peloponnesian War
421 BC - Births. Including:
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 425 BC 424 BC 423 BC 422 BC 421 BC - 420 BC - 419 BC 418 BC 417 BC 416 BC 415 BC
420 BC - Events.
Athens, Argus, Mantinea and Elis ally against Sparta
420 BC - Births.
420 BC - Deaths.
Herodot ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC
Years: 428 BC 427 BC 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC - 423 BC - 422 BC 421 BC 420 BC 419 BC 418 BC
423 BC - Events.
Xerxes II, King of Persia, is assassinated by order of his half-brother and rival claimant Sogdianus.
Sogdianus, King of Persia, is assassinated by order of his half-brother and rival claimant Darius II of Persia.
Darius II becomes sole ruler of the Persian Empire.
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Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC - 440s BC - 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC
Years: 451 BC 450 BC 449 BC 448 BC 447 BC - 446 BC - 445 BC 444 BC 443 BC 442 BC 441 BC
446 BC - Events.
446 BC - Births.
Aristophanes, Greek playright (approximate year)
Marcus Furius Camillus, Roman soldier and statesman (traditional date)
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC
Years: 464 BC 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC - 459 BC - 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC 454 BC
459 BC - Events.
Pleistoanax succeeds his father Pleistarchus as king of Sparta.
Destruction of the Sicilian town of Morgantina by Douketios, leader of the Sikels, according to Diodoros Siculus
Ezra leads the second ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC
Years: 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC - 458 BC - 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC 454 BC 453 BC
458 BC - Births.
458 BC - Deaths.
458 BC - Events.
Greek playwright Aeschylus completes the Oresteia, a trilogy that tells the story of a family blood feud. The pl ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC
Years: 455 BC 454 BC 453 BC 452 BC 451 BC - 450 BC - 449 BC 448 BC 447 BC 446 BC 445 BC
450 BC - Events.
Battle of Salamis - Athenians under Cimon defeat the Persian fleet.
Perdiccas II succeeds Alexander I as king of Macedonia (approximate date)
450 BC - Births.
Alcibiades, Athenian gen ...
