The world in 435 BC — what happened that year

10 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Southern Europe (10)

• Archidamus, king of Sparta, died after a reign of 42 years. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 12.35.4)
• The Etruscan army is driven into Fidenae and the dictator builds siege works (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 4.22) tradition
• Corcyra, with the exiled nobles and Illyrians, besieges Epidamnus, proclaiming that those who leave will be unharmed and the rest treated as enemies (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.26.5)
• Corinth gathers allied ships (Megara 8, Leucas 10, Ambracia 8, etc.) plus 30 of its own and 3,000 hoplites (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.27.2)
• Corcyra goes to Corinth proposing arbitration and the Delphic oracle, but Corinth refuses while the siege continues (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.28.1) tradition
• When 75 Corinthian ships and 2,000 hoplites reach Actium at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf, Corcyra sends a herald to warn them (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.29.3)
• The Corcyraean fleet of 80 ships wins and destroys 15 Corinthian ships (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.29.5)
• The same day Epidamnus surrenders; foreigners are sold and the Corinthians kept as prisoners (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.29.5)
• Corcyra plunders Leucas and burns Cyllene, Elis' harbor (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.30.2)
• Corinth camps at Actium and Cheimerium while Corcyra camps at Leucimme, and they face each other until summer ends (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.30.3)

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