468 BCE

Sparta faces trouble near home, mainly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. Argos regains control of Tiryns. Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize. Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.

In the 460s BC, the 5th century BC.

Conflict & Security

  • Sparta faces trouble near home, mainly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. Argos regains control of Tiryns.source
  • Antium is captured by Roman forces.source
  • Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.source

Culture & Society

  • Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize.source

Deaths

  • Aristides, Athenian statesman (born 530 BC)source