456 BC Chr.
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| 456 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 88/89 (southern Buddhism); 87/88 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 37th (38th) cycle year of the wood-rooster乙酉 ( at the beginning of the year wood-monkey 甲申) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 80th / 1st year of the 81st Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3305/06 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita CCXCVIII (298) |
Events
Politics and world events
- Athens conquers Aegina . Aegina is forced to join the Attic League and has to pay heavy tributes to Athens.
- The Persian great king Artaxerxes I sends Megabyzos II and Artabazos I to suppress the uprising in Egypt under Inaros II.
Religion and culture
- around 456 BC Chr .: The temple of Zeus in Olympia , built under the direction of the Libon of Elis , is completed.