The world in 450 BC — what happened that year

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

What happened

West Asia (3)

• Athens besieged Salamis in Cyprus and attacked it every day. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 12.4.3)
• He dies of illness while besieging Citium (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Cimon 19)
• Cimon leads 200 ships to Cyprus; he dies during the siege of Citium and the force withdraws for lack of food (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.112.2)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Odrysian kingdom appears
• ◆ Wu (state) ends

Same events recorded in this year

• Citium (451 BC) — the same event in Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Plutarch's…
• Salamis (450 BC) — the same event in Diodorus Siculus, Library of History and Thucydides…

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