432 BC

432 BC in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	432 BC; CDXXXII BC
Ab urbe condita	322
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIIdynasty,94
- Pharaoh	Artaxerxes I of Persia,34
Ancient Greek era	87thOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4319
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1024
Berber calendar	519
Buddhist calendar	113
Burmese calendar	−1069
Byzantine calendar	5077–5078
Chinese calendar	Mậu thânNiên (EarthMonkey); 2266 or 2059; — to —; Kỷ dậu niên (EarthRooster); 2267 or 2060
Coptic calendar	−715 – −714
Discordian calendar	735
Ethiopian calendar	−439 – −438
Hebrew calendar	3329–3330
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−375 – −374
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2669–2670
Holocene calendar	9569
Iranian calendar	1053 BP – 1052 BP
Islamic calendar	1085 BH – 1084 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1902
Minguo calendar	2343 beforeROC; Dân tiền 2343 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1899
Thai solar calendar	111–112
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ hầu niên; (male Earth-Monkey); −305 or −686 or −1458; — to —; Âm thổ kê niên; (female Earth-Rooster); −304 or −685 or −1457

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	6th centuryBC; 5th centuryBC; 4th centuryBC;
Decades:	450sBC; 440sBC; 430sBC; 420sBC; 410sBC;
Years:	435BC; 434BC; 433BC; 432BC; 431BC; 430BC; 429BC;

Year432 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Tribunate of Mamercus, Albinus and Medullinus(or, less frequently,year 322Ab urbe condita). The denomination 432 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Domini calendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

Spartacalls and hosts a conference of thePeloponnesian League.The conference is attended by Athenian representatives as well as members of the League. Following arguments byCorinthagainstAthens,a majority of the League members vote to declare that the Athenians had broken the peace.^[1]
The Athenian admiral,Phormio,continues the siege ofPotidaeaby blocking the entrance to theGulf of Corinth.Meanwhile an Athenian fleet, led byArchestratus,sails for Potidaea. However, instead of attacking Potidaea, they attack theMacedoniansunderPerdiccas II,who have allied with the Potidaeans. The Athenians captureTherma(modernThessalonica) and then go on to besiegePydna.However, as the Athenians are besieging Pydna, they receive news that Corinth has sent a force under the command ofAristeusto support Potidaea. In response, Athens sends more troops and ships under the command ofHipponicus.The combined Athenian force sails to Potidaea and lands there. In the ensuingBattle of Potidaea,the Athenians are victorious against Corinth and its allies.^{[citation needed]}

Italy

TheGreek colonyofHeracleain Southern Italy is founded by colonists fromTarentumandThurii.^[2]

China

The ChineseMarquis Yi of Zengis buried (approximate date) with lavish tomb items including a 65 set of bronze bells (bianzhong) with fiveoctavemusical scale and two musical tones that can be produced by each bell. Marquis Yi was from theState of Chuduring theWarring Statesphase of theZhou dynasty.^[3]

By topic

Astronomy

Meton of Athens,a Greek mathematician and astronomer, calculates accurately the comparative chronology of the solar and lunar cycles. As a result, he introduces the 19-yearMetonic cycleinto the Atheniancalendaras a method of calculating dates. Working withEuctemon,he observes the summersolsticeon 27 June.^[4]

Architecture

Pheidiascompletes the sculptures that form the decoration of theParthenoninAthens.^[5]

Births

Dionysius,tyrantofSyracuse(d.367 BC) (approximate birth date)

Deaths

References

^Cooley, M. G. L., ed. (2024).Sparta.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216.ISBN 978-1-00938-277-9.
^Bartoněk, Antonín (1972).Classification of the West Greek Dialects at the Time about 350 B.C.Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert. p. 90.OCLC 781564.
^Hui, Yu; Stock, Jonathan P.J. (2023).The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora.New York: Oxford University Press. p. 11.ISBN 978-0-19066-198-4.
^Zhmud, Leonid (2006).The Origin of the History of Science in Classical Antiquity.Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 267–268.ISBN 978-3-11017-966-8.
^Silver, Larry (1993).Art in History.Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 51.ISBN 978-0-13052-333-4.

[1] Cooley, M. G. L., ed. (2024).Sparta.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 216.ISBN 978-1-00938-277-9.

[2] Bartoněk, Antonín (1972).Classification of the West Greek Dialects at the Time about 350 B.C.Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert. p. 90.OCLC 781564.

[3] Hui, Yu; Stock, Jonathan P.J. (2023).The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora.New York: Oxford University Press. p. 11.ISBN 978-0-19066-198-4.

[4] Zhmud, Leonid (2006).The Origin of the History of Science in Classical Antiquity.Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 267–268.ISBN 978-3-11017-966-8.

[5] Silver, Larry (1993).Art in History.Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 51.ISBN 978-0-13052-333-4.

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