428 BC

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Year 428 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cossus and Cincinnatus or Cincinnatus and Atratinus (or, less frequently, year 326 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 428 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

Greece

• The chief city of
  Peloponnesian
  alliance ships with the aim of assisting the inhabitants of Mytilene. However, the rebellion by Mytilene is crushed before his forces can arrive.
• Despite encouragement from the
  Leucas under the command of Eurymedon
  have been dispatched to intercept them.

• The Greek colony of Cumae in Italy falls to the Samnites, who begin to take control of the Campanian plain.

By topic

Literature

• Euripides' play Hippolytus is performed in the Dionysia competition, the famous Athenian dramatic festival. The play is awarded first prize.
• Sophocles writes Oedipus Rex.

Births

• Archytas, Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist (d. 347 BC)

Deaths

• Anaxagoras, Greek philosopher (b. c. 500 BC)^[1]

References