-478

This page relates to the year -478 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

With Rome, Consul At of L. Æmilius Mamercinus (Mamercus) (for the second time) and C. Servilius Structus Ahala
Beginning of the reign of Hiéron I {{er}}, Tyrant of Syracuse (fine in 466).

Hiéron obliges the inhabitants of Naxos and Catane, destroyed by an volcanic eruption, to emigrate with Léontinoi, while Catane, under the name of Aetna, is repopulated by 5000 Péloponnésiens and 5000 Syracusains.

With Athens, fortification of the Astu and rebuilding of the city.
Between Athens and Pirée, Thémistocle makes build the Long Walls and does not take account of the embassy Spartan come to ask, on a friendly tone but firm, to give up raising the walls of the city so, they, “ to prevent say, in the event of renewed attack of the Barbarian, that this one has a sure position which can be used to him as a basis of operation ” (Thucydide). During this time Thémistocle is with Sparte to save time. When it is joined by Habronichos and Aristide the Juste it reveals its play because it is for him the certainty that the ramparts have a sufficient size to support an attack. The Spartans protest then of their benevolence and affirm that their remarks were friendly.

Pausanias becomes ordering panhellenic fleet, with like assistant Cimon and also Aristide the Juste, and seizes Cyprus then of Byzance. Cimon, wire of Miltiade, drives out Persians of Thrace.

Foundation of the Confederation of Délos (fine in -404) with a defensive aim against Persians. It results from a scission of the Greek alliance, caused by excesses of the Pausanias Spartan, ordering panhellenic fleet, which is seen withdrawing its command.

the king of Macedonia Alexandre Philhellène benefits from the Perse retreat to increase its kingdom towards the east and to put the hand on rich person mines of money.

Hiéron of Syracuse is the guard of arts. The poets Eschyle, Pindare, Bacchylide and Simonide de Céos attend its court.

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