423 BC
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| Centuries: | 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC |
| Decades: | 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC - 420s BC - 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC |
| Years: | 426 BC 425 BC 424 BC - 423 BC - 422 BC 421 BC 420 BC |
| 423 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 423 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 331 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2266 – -2265 |
| Buddhist calendar | 122 |
| Chinese calendar | 2214/2274 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2215/2275([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -430 – -429 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3338 – 3339 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -367 – -366 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2679 – 2680 |
| Holocene calendar | 9578 |
| Iranian calendar | 1044 BP – 1043 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1076 BH – 1075 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 238 (皇紀238年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9578 |
| Julian calendar | -377 |
| Korean calendar | 1911 |
| Thai solar calendar | 121 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Persian empire
- Ochus, satrap of Hyrcania and son of Artaxerxes I and a Babylonian concubine, seizes the Persian throne from his half brother Secydianus (or Sogdianus), whom he has executed. The new king rules as Darius II.
[edit] Greece
- The Athenian general, Laches, successfully moves in the Athenian Assembly for an armistice with Sparta to check the progress of Sparta's most effective general, Brasidas. However, the "Truce of Laches" has little impact on Brasidas and collapses within a year.
- Brasidas ignores the proposed year-long truce and proceeds to take Scione and Mende in the hope of reaching Athens and freeing Spartan prisoners. Athens sends reinforcements under Nicias who retakes Mende.
[edit] By topic
[edit] Drama
- Aristophanes' play The Clouds is performed as is Sophocles' play Maidens of Trachi and The Putine (The Bottle), by Cratinus.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Sogdianus, King of Persia (assassination).
[edit] References
- Wikipedia articles that link to this article.
