459 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: | 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Persian empire
[edit] Greece
- Pleistoanax succeeds his father Pleistarchus as king of Sparta.
- Athens allies itself with the city state of Megara which is under pressure from Corinth. This alliance leads to war between Corinth and Athens. The first battle of the war, at Haliesis in the Gulf of Argolis, results in a Corinthian victory, but the next battle, at Cecryphalea (modern Angistrion), goes Athens' way.
[edit] Roman Republic
- The Aequi occupy Tusculum. In response to the threat, the Roman Senate decide to send an army to help the allied city, under the command of consul Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis. In addition, the consul Fabius Vibulanus, who was at that point besieging Antium, moves his forces to attack Tusculum. The Tusculans are able to recapture their city. A truce is then arranged with the Aequi.
[edit] Sicily
- The Sicilian town of Morgantina is destroyed by Ducetius, hellenised leader of the Siculi (according to Diodoros Siculus).
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Pleistarchus, King of Sparta.
