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477 B.C.At the
close of the year the archon in Athens was
Adeimantus, and in Rome the consuls elected were
Marcus Fabius Vibulanus and Lucius Valerius Publius. At this time Themistocles, because of his
skill as a general and his sagacity, was held in esteem not only by his fellow citizens but by
all Greeks. He was, therefore, elated over his fame and had
recourse to many other far more ambitious undertakings which would serve to increase the
dominant position of his native state. Thus the Peiraeus, as it is called, was not at that time
a harbour, but the Athenians were using as their ship-yard the bay called Phaleric, which was
quite small; and so Themistocles conceived the plan of making the Peiraeus into a harbour,
since it would require only a small amount of construction and could be made into a harbour,
the best and largest in Greece. He also hoped that when this improvement had been added to what the
Athenians possessed,
476 B.C.When Phaedon was archon in Athens, the
Seventy-sixth Olympiad was celebrated, that in which Scamandrius of Mytilene won the "stadion," and in Rome the consuls were Caeso Fabius and Spurius Furius
Menellaeus.This should probably be Medullinus.
In the course of this year Leotychides, the king of the
Lacedaemonians, died after a reign of twenty-two years, and he was succeeded on the throne by
Archidamus, who ruled for forty-two years. And there died also Anaxilas, the tyrant of
Rhegium and Zancle,The earlier name of Messene in Sicily. after a rule of eighteen years, and he was succeeded in the tyranny
by Micythus, who was entrusted with the position on the understanding that he would restore it
to the sons of Anaxilas, who were not yet of age. And Hieron,
who became king of the Syracusans after the death of Gelon, observing how popular his brother
Polyzelus was among the Syracusans and believing that he was waiting to seizeAs of
472 B.C.The next year Chares was archon in Athens, and in Rome
the consuls elected were Titus Menenius and Gaius Horatius Pulvillus, and the Eleians
celebrated the Seventy-seventh Olympiad, that in which Dandes of Argos won the "stadion." In this year in Sicily Theron, the despot of Acragas, died after a reign of sixteen years, and his son
Thrasydaeus succeeded to the throne. Now Theron, since he had
administered his office equitably, not only enjoyed great favour among his c
469 B.C.Such, then, were the events of this year.When Phaeon
was archon in Athens, in Rome the consulship was taken over by Lucius Furius Mediolanus
and Marcus Manilius Vaso. During this yearThe correct
date is 464 B.C. a great and incredible catastrophe befell
the Lacedaemonians; for great earthquakes occurred in Sparta, and as a result the houses collapsed from their foundations and more than
twenty thousand Lacedaemonians perished. And since the
tumbling down of the city and the falling in of the houses continued uninterruptedly over a
long period, many persons were caught and crushed in the collapse of the walls and no little
household property was ruined by the quake. And although they
suffered this disaster because some god, as it were, was wreaking his anger upon them, it so
happened that other dangers befell them at the hands of men for the following reasons.
The Helots and Messenians, although enemies of the
Lacedae
468 B.C.The following year Theageneides was
archon in Athens, and in Rome the consuls elected were Lucius Aemilius Mamercus and
Lucius Julius Iulus, and the Seventy-eighth Olympiad was celebrated, that in which Parmenides
of Posidonia won the "stadion." In this year a war broke out between the Argives and Mycenaeans
for the following reasons. The Mycenaeans, because of the
ancient prestige of their country, would not be subservient to the Argives as the other cities
of Argolis were, but they maintained an independent
position and would take no orders from the Argives; and they kept disputing with them also over
the shrine of HeraThe famous Heraeum, situated at about
the same distance from Mycenae and Argos in the hills south of the former. In it was later a
celebrated statue of Hera, of gold and ivory, by Polycleitus. and claiming that they
had the right to administer the Nemean GamesThese Games
had been first under the sup
465 B.C.With the passing of this year, in Athens Lysitheus was
archon, and in Rome the consuls elected were Lucius
Valerius Publicola and Titus Aemilius Mamercus. During this year, in Asia Artabanus, an
Hyrcanian by birth, who enjoyed the greatest influence at the court of King Xerxes and was
captain of the royal body-guard, decided to slay Xerxes and transfer the kingship to himself.
He communicated the plot to Mithridates the eunuch, who was the king's chamberlain and enjoyed
his supreme confidence, and he, since he was also a relative of Artabanus as well as his
friend, agreed to the plot. And Artabanus, being led at night
by Mithridates into the king's bed-chamber, slew Xerxes and then set out after the king's sons.
These were three in number, Darius the eldest and Artaxerxes, who were both living in the
palace, and the third, Hystaspes, who happened to be away from home at the time, since he was
administering the satrapy of Ba
462 B.C.When Conon was archon in Athens, in Rome the
consulship was held by Quintus Fabius Vibulanus and Tiberius Aemilius Mamercus. This year
Artaxerxes, the king of the Persians, appointed Achaemenes, who was a son of Darius and his own
uncle, to be commander in the war against the Egyptians; and turning over to him more than
three hundred thousand soldiers, counting both cavalry and infantry, he commanded him to subdue
the Egyptians. Now Achaemenes, when he had entered Egypt, pitched his camp near the Nile, and when he had rested his army after the march, he made ready for battle;
but the Egyptians, having gathered their army from Libya and Egypt, were awaiting the
auxiliary force of the Athenians. After the Athenians had
arrived in Egypt with two hundred ships and had been
drawn up with the Egyptians in battle order against the Persians, a mighty struggle took place.
And for a time the Persians with their superior numbers maintained
457 B.C.When the year ended, in Athens Mnesitheides was archon, and in Rome the consuls elected were Lucius Lucretius and Titus
Veturius Cicurinus. During this year the Thebans, who had been humbled because of their
alliance with Xerxes,During the Persian invasion.
sought a way by which they might recover both their ancient influence and reputation.
Consequently, since all the Boeotians held the Thebans in
disdain and no longer paid any attention to them, the Thebans asked the Lacedaemonians to aid
them in winning for their city the hegemony over all Boeotia; and they promised that in return for this favour they would make war by
themselves upon the Athenians, so that it would no longer be necessary for the Spartans to lead
troops beyond the border of the Peloponnesus.
And the Lacedaemonians [assented], judging
the proposal to be to their advantage and believing that, if Thebes should grow in strength, she would be a kind of counterwe
456 B.C.While Callias was archon in athens, in Elis the Eighty-first Olympiad was celebrated, that in which
Polymnastus of Cyrene won the "stadion," and in
Rome the consuls were Servius Sulpicius and Publius
Volumnius Amentinus. During this year Tolmides, who was
commander of the naval forces and vied with both the valour and fame of Myronides, was eager to
accomplish a memorable deed. Consequently, since in those
times no one had very yet laid waste Laconia, he urged
the Athenian people to ravage the territory of the Spartans, and he promised that by taking one
thousand hoplites aboard the triremes he would with them lay waste Laconia and dim the fame of the Spartans. When
the Athenians acceded to his request, he then, wishing to take with him secretly a larger
number of hoplites, had recourse to the following cunning subterfuge. The citizens thought that
he would enrol for the force the young men in the prime of youth and most v