429 BC

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Centuries:	6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC
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429 BC by topic
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**429 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	429 BC
Ab urbe condita	325
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2272 – -2271
Berber calendar	522
Buddhist calendar	116
Burmese calendar	-1066
Chinese calendar	2208/2268 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2209/2269 (子年)
Coptic calendar	-712 – -711
Ethiopian calendar	-436 – -435
Hebrew calendar	3332 – 3333
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-373 – -372
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2673 – 2674
Holocene calendar	9572
Iranian calendar	1050 BP – 1049 BP
Islamic calendar	1082 BH – 1081 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	1905
Thai solar calendar	115
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The Athenians under Xenophon march into Thrace to attack Chalcis. They destroy crops outside Spartolus and begin negotiating with pro-Athenian factions in Chalcis, but the anti-Athenian factions ask for help from Olynthus. An army from Chalcis, Spartolus, and Olynthus meet the Athenians in battle, but their hoplites are defeated. Reinforcements soon arrive from Olynthus, and they launch a second attack on the Athenians. The Athenians are routed, with all of their generals and 430 other men killed.
The Athenian admiral Phormio has two naval victories at Naupactus at the mouth of the Corinthian Gulf. In the first battle, his 20 ships defeat 47 Corinthian ships commanded by Machaon, Isocrates, and Agatharchidas that were advancing to reinforce the Spartan general, Cnemus' campaign in Acarnania. In the second battle, Phormio routs Cnemus' 77-vessel fleet.
The Athenians, in alliance with Polychna, destroy the Cretan city of Kydonia.^[1]
The Macedonian king, Perdiccas II, once again betrays the Athenians and sends 1000 troops to support a Spartan assault on Acarnania but they arrive too late to help. In response to this, King Sitalkes of Thrace invades Macedonia with a vast army that includes independent Thracian tribes (such as the Dii) and Paionian tribes (Agrianes and Laeaeans). His progress is slowed when the promised support from Athens fails to materialise. So Perdiccas once again uses diplomacy to ensure the survival of Macedonia. He promises the hand of his sister in marriage to the nephew of Sitalkes, who then persuades Sitalkes to leave Macedonia.
The plague in Athens that is killing thousands of the city's inhabitants, claims Pericles. Cleon, who has headed the opposition to Pericles' rule, succeeds to power in Athens following Pericles' death.