474 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Greece

Italy

Persian Empire

By topic

Literature

Births

Deaths

References

Events

By place

Greece

★ Kimon leads an Athenian attack on the island of Scyros and expels the indigenous inhabitants who are regarded as pirates.

Italy

★ Hiero I, Tyrant of Sicily, allied with Aristodemus, the Tyrant of Cumae, defeat the Etruscan navy in the Battle of Cumae as the Etruscan try to capture the Greek city of Cyme (Cumae) in Italy. This victory marks the end of Etruscan aggression against the Greeks in southern Italy and saves the Greeks of Campania from Etruscan domination.

★ Taranto signs an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapii, Peuceti, and Lucanians, but the joint armies of the Tarentines and Rhegines are defeated near Kailìa (modern Ceglie Messapica).

★ Gerone of Syracusa builds Castello Aragonese on the island of Ischia.

Persian Empire

★ King Xerxes I of Persia issues a decree, as dictated by Mordecai upon the king's secretaries, giving the jews in every city the authority to unite to defend their lives against their opponents in all of the 127 provinces of the Persian Empire, stretching from India to Ethiopia^[1].

By topic

Literature

★ The Greek poet Pindar moves to Thebes after two years at the Sicilian Court of Hiero I of Syracuse. While at Thebes, he composes lyric odes to celebrate triumphs in the Olympic Games and other athletic events.

Births

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Deaths

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References

1. Esther Chapter 8