436 BCE

Following Pericles' visit to the Black Sea, a large Athenian colony is founded at Amphipolis. This is disconcertingly close to an outpost of Corinthian influence at Potidaea in the Chalcidice. Corinth feels it is being indirectly pressured by Athens.

Exploration & Expansion

Following Pericles' visit to the Black Sea, a large Athenian colony is founded at Amphipolis. This is disconcertingly close to an outpost of Corinthian influence at Potidaea in the Chalcidice. Corinth feels it is being indirectly pressured by Athens.source

Births

Isocrates, Athenian orator (d. 338 BC)source
Artaxerxes II, king of Persia (approximate date) (d. 358 BC)source

Deaths

Zengcius, Chinese philosopher (b. 505 BC)source