- 446 BC
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Achaea achieves its independence fromAthens , whileEuboea , crucial to Athenian control of the sea and food supplies, revolts against Athens.Pericles crosses over to Euboea with his troops.
*Megara joins the revolt against Athens. The strategic importance of Megara is immediately demonstrated by the appearance, for the first time in 12 years, of aSparta n army under KingPleistoanax inAttica . The threat from the Spartan army leads Pericles to arrange, by bribery and by negotiation, that Athens will give up its mainland possessions and confine itself to a largely maritime empire.
* The Spartan army retires, so Pericles crosses back to Euboea with 50 ships and 5,000 soldiers, cracking down any opposition. He punishes the landowners ofChalcis , who lose their properties, while the residents ofIstiaia are uprooted and replaced by 2,000 Athenian settlers.
* After hearing that the Spartan army had accepted bribes from Pericles, Pleistoanax, the King of Sparta, is impeached by the citizens of Sparta, but flees to exile inArcadia . His military adviser, Cleandridas also flees and is condemned to death in his absence.icily
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Ducetius , the Hellenised leader of theSiculi , an ancient people of Sicily, returns from exile inCorinth toSicily and colonises Cale Acte on the north coast with Greek and Siculi settlers.Roman Republic
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Battle of Corbione , Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus leads Roman troops to a victory over theAequi of north-eastLatium and theVolsci of southern Latium.Births
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Aristophanes , Greekplaywright (approximate year) (d. c.385 BC )
*Marcus Furius Camillus , Romansoldier andstatesman (traditional date) (d.365 BC )Deaths
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