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468 BCE

Sparta faces trouble near home, mainly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. Argos regains control of Tiryns. Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize. Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.

Conflict & Security

  • Sparta faces trouble near home, mainly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. Argos regains control of Tiryns.source
  • Antium is captured by Roman forces.source
  • Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize.source
  • Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.source

Deaths

  • Aristides, Athenian statesman (b. 530 BC)source