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421 BCE

Aristophanes' play Peace is performed. The city of Cumae, the most northerly of the Greek colonies in Italy, falls to the Samnites. The construction of the Porch of the Maidens (the Caryatid Porch) commences at the Erechtheion which is part of the Acropolis in Athens.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Alcibiades engineers an anti-Spartan alliance between Athens and the democracies of Argos, Mantinea and Elis.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The city of Cumae, the most northerly of the Greek colonies in Italy, falls to the Samnites.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The construction of the Porch of the Maidens (the Caryatid Porch) commences at the Erechtheion which is part of the Acropolis in Athens.source

Culture & Society

  • Aristophanes' play Peace is performed.source

Deaths

  • Cratinus, Greek comedy author (approximate date) (b. 520 BC)source