456 BC
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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 |
Years: | 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC 454 BC 453 BC |
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[edit] Greece
- The first of Athenian sculptor Phidias' monuments to Athena, the bronze Athena Promachos, is placed on the Athenian Acropolis. It measures about 9 m high and is the largest statue yet to be erected in Athens.
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- Aeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC).