This page relates to the year -459 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Greek world

• Mégare calls Athens with the assistance against Corinthe.

• Périclès becomes the chief of the democratic party, with Athens.
• Failure of an attempt at conquest of the Persian Egypt by Athens (- 459/-454): the prince Inaros, who raised Egypt against the Perses, called upon the Athenians, who send 200 ships (be).
• At the same time bursts the war of Athens and Mégare against Corinthe and Epidaure. After a failure with Haleis, in the south of the Argolide, Athens is victorious in a naval action with Kehryphaleia in the Golfe Saronique.
• Capitulation of the Messénie NS cut off from the mount Ithôme (another more probable date -462).
• In Sicily, the hégémon of Sikèles or Sicules, Doukétios, founds the city of Menainon ( Menaenum ) by distributing the ground between the citizens, and seizes the city sicèle of Morgantina.

Roman world

• With Rome, Consul At of Q. Fabius Vibulanus (for the third time) and L. Cornelius Maluginensis Uritus (Cossus).

• has Rome, a law prescribed the allotment of the Aventin. The plebeian ones take part in this allotment by making advances of capital or by buying themselves of the grounds to be built.

Art & culture

• Construction of the temple of Poseidon to Paestum, in Italy.

Births

Death