By place Italy •
Ducetius founds the town of Palice •
Greece •
Pericles, the ruler of
Athens, bestows generous wages on all Athens' citizens who serve as jurymen on the
Heliaia (the supreme court of Athens). •
Achaea, on the southern shore of the
Corinthian Gulf, becomes part of what is effectively now the
Athenian Empire. The Delian League had changed from an alliance into an empire clearly under the control of Athens.
China •
May 8 – The
Chinese city of
Jinyang is severely flooded in the
Battle of Jinyang, where the elite families of
Jin,
Zhao, Zhi, Wei and Han fight. The Wei and the Han swap allegiances to side with Zhao and eliminate the Zhi house, ending the
Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. == Deaths ==