439 BC
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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 |
| Years: | 442 BC 441 BC 440 BC - 439 BC - 438 BC 437 BC 436 BC |
| 439 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 439 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 315 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2282 – -2281 |
| Berber calendar | 512 |
| Buddhist calendar | 106 |
| Burmese calendar | -1076 |
| Chinese calendar | 2198/2258 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2199/2259([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -722 – -721 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -446 – -445 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3322 – 3323 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -383 – -382 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2663 – 2664 |
| Holocene calendar | 9562 |
| Iranian calendar | 1060 BP – 1059 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 1093 BH – 1092 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 1895 |
| Thai solar calendar | 105 |
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[edit] Greece
- As a result of Persian assistance to Samos, it takes the Athenian army nine months to successfully complete its siege of Samos and force the Samians to surrender. Samos becomes a tributary of Athens.
[edit] Roman Republic
- Spurius Maelius, a wealthy Roman plebeian, tries to buy popular support with the aim of making himself king. During the severe famine affecting Rome, he buys up a large store of grain and sells it at a low price to the people of Rome – the first time this had been done in Rome. This leads Lucius Minucius, the patrician praefectus annonae ("president of the market"), to accuse Maelius of seeking to take over the government.
- Maelius is summoned before Cincinnatus (who has again become dictator of the Roman Republic, to put down a revolt by the plebeians), but refuses to appear. Shortly thereafter, Maelius is killed by Gaius Servilius Ahala and his house is burnt to the ground.
