450s BC

Events and trends

 * — succeeds his father  as king of.
 * 459 BC — Destruction of the town of  by, leader of the , according to.
 * 459 BC — leads the second body of  from  to.
 * —   completes the, a  that tells the story of a family blood feud. The plays will have a great influence on future writers.
 * 458 BC — is named  of the  in order to defend it against . Sixteen days later, after defeating the invaders at the, he resigns and returns to his farm.
 * —  ' greatest reform, allowing common people to serve in any state office, inaugurates  of Ancient.
 * 457 BC — — The ns defeat the, near.
 * 457 BC — — The  defeat the  and take control of.
 * 457 BC — Decree of to re-establish the city government of . See Ezra 7, Daniel 9 and Nehemiah 1 in.
 * — A thirty years' concluded between  and.
 * 455 BC — presents his first known, , in the   of.
 * — loses a fleet and possibly as many as 50 000 men in a failed attempt to aid an ian revolt against.
 * 454 BC — The of the  is moved from  to.
 * 454 BC — Hostilities between and, two  cities on.
 * —, a city in , gets flooded.
 * — makes peace with  and wages a war against.
 * 451 BC — The come to power in the . They enact the, the foundation of.
 * — : under  defeat the  fleet.
 * c. 450 BC — succeeds  as king of ia.

Births

 * c. —,   and

Deaths

 * —, King of
 * —,  (b. )
 * —, legendary victim of the
 * c. —, major  figure in  and the son of
 * 450 BC —, king of ia (approximate date)