450s BC

This article concerns the period 459 BC – 450 BC.

459 BC

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By place

Persian Empire

• The Jewish priest Ezra assembled and led a band of approximately 5,000 Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem.^{[1][failed verification]}

Greece

• Athens allied itself with the city state of Megara which was under pressure from Corinth. This alliance leads to war between Corinth and Athens. The first battle of the war, at Haliesis in the Gulf of Argolis, resulted in a Corinthian victory, but the next battle, the battle of Cecryphalea (modern Angistrion), went Athens' way.

Roman Republic

• The Aequi occupied Tusculum. In response to the threat, the Roman Senate decided to send an army to help the allied city, under the command of consul Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis. In addition, the consul Fabius Vibulanus, who was at that point besieging Antium, moved his forces to attack Tusculum. The Tusculans were able to recapture their city. A truce was then arranged with the Aequi.

Sicily

• The Sicilian town of Morgantina was destroyed by Ducetius, Hellenised leader of the Siculi (according to Diodorus Siculus).

Births

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456 BC

• Aristophanes, Greek playwright (d. c. 386 BC)^[8]

450 BC

• Alcibiades, Athenian general and politician (d. 404 BC)^[9]
• Aristophanes, Greek playwright (approximate year)^[10]

Deaths

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458 BC

• Pleistarchus, King of Sparta since 480 BC

456 BC

• Aeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC)^[8]

454 BC

• Alexander I of Macedon

453 BC

• Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus^[11][12]
• Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus ^[13]
• Sextus Quinctilius^[14][15][16]

452 BC

• Sextus Quinctilius, consul of the Roman Republic, 453–452 BC.

450 BC

• Cimon, Athenian statesman and general (b. c. 510 BC)
• Alexander I, king of Macedonia (approximate date)