By place Greece •
Achaea achieves its independence from
Athens, while
Euboea, 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 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 of
Chalcis, who lose their properties, while the residents of
Histiaea 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 in
Arcadia. •
Acragas declares war on
Syracuse because of the return of Ducetius and is defeated by Syracuse in the
Battle of the Himera River.
Roman Republic • In the
Battle of Corbione, Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus leads
Roman troops to a victory over the
Aequi of north-east
Latium and the
Volsci of southern Latium. == Births ==