461 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	6th century BC – 5th century BC – 4th century BC
Decades:	490s BC 480s BC 470s BC – 460s BC – 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC
Years:	464 BC 463 BC 462 BC – 461 BC – 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC

Politics
461 BC by topic
State leaders
Categories

461 BC in other calendars
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.

Births

Deaths

Ephialtes, leader of the radical democrats in Athens (assassinated)

References

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