The world in 465 BC — what happened that year

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

What happened

West Asia (2)

• Standing before the Persian king he gives his name and speaks (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Themistocles 28)
• The Persian king gives Themistocles Magnesia (bread), Lampsacus (wine) and Myus (relish) to govern (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.138.5)

Southern Europe (4)

• Artabanus entered Xerxes' bedchamber at night and killed him. (Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 11.69.2)
• He drives out the Persian army and Thracians who would not leave the Chersonese (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Cimon 14)
• Thasos revolts over its markets and mines; Athens wins a naval battle and lands on the island (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.100.2)
• 10,000 settlers occupy Ennea Hodoi (later Amphipolis) but are wiped out by the Thracians at Drabescus (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.100.3)

Same events recorded in this year

• Amphipolis (464 BC) — the same event in Diodorus Siculus, Library of History and…

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