By place Greece •
Pericles, concerned over the draining effect of years of war on
Athenian manpower, looks for peace with the support of the Assembly. Athenian diplomat,
Callias, goes to
Sparta and after much bargaining arranges a peace treaty with Sparta and her
Peloponnesian allies, thus extending the 5 year truce of
451 BC for another 30 years. According to this treaty,
Megara is to be returned to the
Peloponnesian League,
Troezen and
Achaea become independent,
Aegina is to become a
tributary to Athens but autonomous, and disputes are to be settled by
arbitration. Each party agrees to respect the alliances of the other.
Roman Republic • A new law, the
Lex Canuleia removes the ban on inter-marriage of the
Roman classes, i.e.
plebeian with
patrician. • The Plebeians demand the right to stand for election as
consul but the Roman senate refused to grant them this right. Ultimately, a compromise is reached, and consular command authority is granted to
Consular Tribunes ("Military Tribunes with Consular powers" or tribuni militares consulari potestate). == Births ==