460s BC

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Events of the 460s BC469–460 BC

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What happened in the 460s BC?

In the 460s BC (469–460 BC), Cimon defeated the Persians at the Battle of the Eurymedon, and in Athens Pericles and others stripped the Areopagus council of its power. In Sparta an earthquake set off the Third Messenian War, and in Japan Mount Chokai erupted.

  1. King Goujian of Yue moves capital to LangyaAsia
  2. Comet recorded in the Shiji and other textsAsia
  3. Cimon wins the Battle of the EurymedonEurope
  4. Mount Chokai erupts on Akita–Yamagata borderAsia
  5. Artaxerxes I takes the Persian throneMiddle East
  6. Spartan earthquake sparks Third Messenian WarEurope
  7. Areopagus council loses its powerEurope
  8. First Peloponnesian War breaks outEurope

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