423 BC

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Year 423 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atratinus and Ambustus (or, less frequently, year 331 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 423 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Persian empire

• Ochus,
  Secydianus (or Sogdianus), whom he has executed. The new king rules as Darius II
  .

• The
  Laches, successfully moves in the Athenian Assembly for an armistice with Sparta to check the progress of Sparta's most effective general, Brasidas
  . However, the "Truce of Laches" has little impact on Brasidas and collapses within a year.
• Brasidas ignores the proposed year-long truce and proceeds to take
  Mende in the hope of reaching Athens and freeing Spartan prisoners. Athens sends reinforcements under Nicias
  who retakes Mende.

• Gaius Sempronius Atratinus and Quintus Fabius Vibulanus are elected as consuls^[1]
• Sextus Tempanius, Aulus Sellius, Sextus Antistius, and Spurius Icilius are chosen by the commons as tribunes^[2]

By topic

Drama

• Aristophanes' play The Clouds is performed^[3] as is Sophocles' play Maidens of Trachi and The Putine (The Bottle), by Cratinus.

Births

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Deaths

• Sogdianus, King of Persia
  (assassinated)

Frey, Wendy, and Diane Hart. History Alive! Palo Alto, CA: TCI, 2004. Print.