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Greece
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Nicias, the leader of the aristocratic and peace party in
Athens and
Pleistoanax, King of
Sparta, negotiate the
Peace of Nicias between Athens and Sparta, which brings a temporary end to the
Peloponnesian War. The essence of the Peace of Nicias is a return to the prewar situation: most wartime gains are to be returned. Seventeen representatives from each side swear an oath to uphold the treaty, which is meant to last for fifty years. All of Sparta's allies agree to sign the peace, except for the
Boeotians,
Corinth,
Elis, and
Megara.
★
Alcibiades engineers an anti-Spartan alliance between Athens and the democracies of
Argos,
Mantinea and Elis.
Italy
★ The city of
Cumae, the most northerly of the
Greek colonies in
Italy, falls to the
Samnites.
By topic
Art
★ The construction of the ''Porch of the Maidens'' (the
Caryatid Porch) commences at the
Erechtheion which is part of the
Acropolis in
Athens.
Drama
★
Aristophanes' play ''
The Peace'' is performed.
Births
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Deaths
★
Cratinus,
Greek comedy author (approximate date) (b.
520 BC)
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