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Year 464 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Fusus (or, less frequently, year 290 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''). The denomination 464 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
* Sparta suffers the effects of a severe earthquake leading to a large loss of life.
* When the Messenian helots (serfs) revolt against their Spartan masters following the severe earthquake, King Archidamus II organises the defence of Sparta. The helots fortify themselves at Mount Ithome.
Persian Empire
* Egypt seizes the opportunity created by the murder of Xerxes I to revolt against Persia. The revolt is led by Inaros, a Libyan, who gains control of the Delta region and is aided by the Athenians.
* Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes I (, peo, ๐ ๐ผ๐ซ๐ง๐๐๐ ; grc-gre, แผฯฯฮฑฮพฮญฯฮพฮทฯ) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from 465 to December 424 BC. He was the third son of Xerxes I.
He may have been the " Artasy ...
succeeds Xerxes as king of the Persian empire.
Births
Deaths
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:464 Bc
5th century BC