461 BC
461 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 461 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 293 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXVII dynasty, 65 |
- Pharaoh | Artaxerxes I of Persia, 5 |
Ancient Greek era | 79th Olympiad, year 4 |
Assyrian calendar | 4290 |
Bengali calendar | −1053 |
Berber calendar | 490 |
Buddhist calendar | 84 |
Burmese calendar | −1098 |
Byzantine calendar | 5048–5049 |
Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2236 or 2176 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 2237 or 2177 |
Coptic calendar | −744 – −743 |
Discordian calendar | 706 |
Ethiopian calendar | −468 – −467 |
Hebrew calendar | 3300–3301 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −404 – −403 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2641–2642 |
Holocene calendar | 9540 |
Iranian calendar | 1082 BP – 1081 BP |
Islamic calendar | 1115 BH – 1114 BH |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 1873 |
Minguo calendar | 2372 before ROC 民前2372年 |
Thai solar calendar | 82–83 |
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Year 461 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Cornutus (or, less frequently, year 293 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 461 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Greece
- In Athens, Ephialtes and Pericles finally get agreement to the ostracism of Kimon, who had become unpopular for his unsuccessful pro-Spartan policy.
- Ephialtes, with the support of Pericles, reduces the power of the Athenian Council of Areopagus (filled with ex-archons and so a stronghold of oligarchy) and transfers them to the people, i.e. the Council of Five Hundred, the Assembly and the popular law courts. The office of Judge is made a paid position and is recruited by lot from a list to which every citizen can have his name added.
- Ephialtes is murdered by Aristodicus of Tanagra in Boeotia, who is said to have acted on behalf of members of the Athenian oligarchy.
- The ostracism of Kimon and the murder of Ephialtes leave Pericles as the most influential orator in Athens.