450 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	6th centuryBC 5th centuryBC 4th centuryBC
Decades:	470sBC 460sBC 450sBC 440sBC 430sBC
Years:	453BC 452BC 451BC 450BC 449BC 448BC 447BC

450 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	450 BC CDL BC
Ab urbe condita	304
Ancient Egypt era	XXVIIdynasty,76
- Pharaoh	Artaxerxes I of Persia,16
Ancient Greek era	82ndOlympiad,year 3
Assyrian calendar	4301
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1042
Berber calendar	501
Buddhist calendar	95
Burmese calendar	−1087
Byzantine calendar	5059–5060
Chinese calendar	Canh dầnNiên (MetalTiger) 2248 or 2041 — to — Tân mão niên (MetalRabbit) 2249 or 2042
Coptic calendar	−733 – −732
Discordian calendar	717
Ethiopian calendar	−457 – −456
Hebrew calendar	3311–3312
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−393 – −392
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2651–2652
Holocene calendar	9551
Iranian calendar	1071 BP – 1070 BP
Islamic calendar	1104 BH – 1103 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1884
Minguo calendar	2361 beforeROC Dân tiền 2361 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1917
Thai solar calendar	93–94
Tibetan calendar	Dương kim hổ niên (male Iron-Tiger) −323 or −704 or −1476 — to — Âm kim thỏ niên (female Iron-Rabbit) −322 or −703 or −1475

Greek colonies in the northern part of the Black Sea in 450 BC.

Year450 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time, it was known as theSecond year of the decemviri(or, less frequently,year 304Ab urbe condita). The denomination 450 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Greece

• AtheniangeneralCimonsails toCypruswith two hundredtriremesof theDelian League.From there, he sends sixty ships toEgyptto help the Egyptians underAmyrtaeus,who are fighting thePersiansin theNile Delta.Cimon uses the remaining ships to aid an uprising of theCypriot Greekcity-states againstPersiancontrol of the island. He lays siege to thePersianstronghold ofCitiumon the southern west coast of Cyprus. However, the siege fails and Cyprus remains underPhoenician(and Persian) control.
• During the siege Cimon dies and command of the fleet is given to Anaxicrates, who leaves Citium to engage the Phoenician fleet in theBattle of Salamis in Cyprus.The Greek fleet is victorious against the Persians and their allies and then returns toAthens.
• The Athenians reduce thetributedue from their subject city-states (i.e. members of the Delian League), and each city is allowed to issue its own coinage.
• 5,000talentsare transferred to the treasury of the Delian League in Athens.

Macedonia

• Perdiccas IIsucceedsAlexander Ias king ofMacedonia(approximate date).

Roman Republic

• The success of the firstDecemvirateprompts the appointment of a second Decemvirate which also includesplebeiansamongst its members. This second decemviri adds two more headings to their predecessor's ten, completing theLaw of the Twelve Tables(Lex Duodecim Tabularum), which will form the centrepiece of Roman law for the next several centuries. Nevertheless, this Decemvirate's rule becomes increasingly violent and tyrannical.

Sicily

• After minor preliminary successes (including the capture of Inessa from its Greek colonists),Ducetius,a Hellenised leader of theSiculi,an ancient people ofSicily,is decisively defeated by the combined forces ofSyracuseandAcragas.Ducetius flees to exile inCorinth.

By topic

Arts

• The Severe (Early Classical) period ofsculptureends inAncient Greeceand is succeeded by theMature Classicalperiod (approximate date).
• PolykleitosofArgosdevelops a set of rules (The Canon) for constructing the ideal human figure (approximate date).
• PolygnotosofThasosceases his work (approximate date).
• The oldbouleuterion,the west side of theagorain Athens, is built (approximate date).
• Polykleitosstarts making the bronze statueAchilles(also known asTheSpear BearerorDoryphoros), which he finishes aboutten years later.ARomancopy of the original bronze is now kept in theMuseo Archeologico NazionaleinNaples,Italy(approximate date).
• The grave stela fromParos,Little girl with a bird,is made. It is now kept at TheMetropolitan Museum of ArtinNew York(approximate date).
• The statueWoman and maidin the style ofAchilles Painter,white-ground and black-figure decoration on alekythos,with additional painting intempera,starts being made (finished aboutten years later). It is now kept at theMuseum of Fine ArtsinBoston(approximate date).
• Myronmakes a bronze statue calledThe Discus Thrower(Discobolus). ARomancopy is now kept atMuseo Nazionale Romano,Rome(approximate date).
• TheCorinthian ordermakes its first appearance in Greekarchitecture(approximate date).
• The red-figure decorationsA Painter,Assistants Crowned by AthenaandVictoriesare made on ahydriainAthens.They are now kept in a private collection (approximate date).

Births

• Alcibiades,Athenian general and politician (d.404 BC)
• Aristophanes,Greek playwright (approximate year)

Deaths

• Cimon,Athenian statesman and general (b. c.510 BC)
• Alexander I,king of Macedonia (approximate date)