한국어 English Maps of Ages › Years › 431 BCThe world in 431 BC — what happened that year 28 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened Southern Europe (28) Sparta, with its Peloponnesian League allies, invaded Attica for the second time. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 12.45.1) When the dictator tears down the palisade and carries the fight into the enemy camp, the enemy throw down their arms and surrender (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 4.29) tradition He sends a fleet of a hundred ships to the Peloponnese (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pericles 34) About 300 Thebans seize Plataea by night when insiders open the gates (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.2.1) The Plataeans counterattack at night, killing or capturing the Thebans (180 prisoners) (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.4.1) The Plataeans execute the 180 Theban prisoners (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.5.7) Athens garrisons Plataea and evacuates non-combatants (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.6.4) Sparta and its allies gather at the Isthmus of Corinth to invade Attica (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.10.1) The Spartan herald Melesippus is sent to Athens but is refused an audience (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.12.1) Pericles advises the Athenians not to go out and fight against the invasion but to stay inside the city (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.13.1) More on the map (+18)
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