454 BCE - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC

Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC

Years: 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC 456 BC 455 BC - 454 BC - 453 BC 452 BC 451 BC 450 BC 449 BC

Events

• Athens loses a fleet and possibly as many as 50 000 men in a failed attempt to aid an Egyptian revolt against Persia.
• The treasury of the Delian League is moved from Delos to Athens
• Hostilities between Segesta and Selinunte, two Greek cities on Sicily

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