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Year '''423 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Atratinus and Ambustus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 331 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 423 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Persian empire ====
* Ochus, [[satrap]] of [[Hyrcania]] and son of [[Artaxerxes I]] and a Babylonian concubine, seizes the Persian throne from his half brother [[Secydianus]] (or [[Sogdianus]]), whom he has executed. The new king rules as [[Darius II]].

==== Greece ====
* The [[Athens|Athenian]] general, [[Laches (person)|Laches]], successfully moves in the Athenian Assembly for an armistice with [[Sparta]] to check the progress of Sparta's most effective general, [[Brasidas]]. However, the "Truce of Laches" has little impact on Brasidas and collapses within a year.
* Brasidas ignores the proposed year-long truce and proceeds to take [[Scione]] and [[Mende (Greece)|Mende]] in the hope of reaching Athens and freeing Spartan prisoners. Athens sends reinforcements under [[Nicias]] who retakes Mende.

==== Rome ====
* Gaius Sempronius Atratinus and Quintus Fabius Vibulanus are elected as [[consul]]s<ref>{{cite book |last1=Livius |first1=Titus |title=The Early History of Rome |publisher=the Penguin Group |isbn=978-0-140-44809-2 |pages=331}}</ref>
* Sextus Tempanius, Aulus Sellius, Sextus Antistius, and Spurius Icilius are chosen by the commons as [[tribune]]s<ref>{{cite book |last1=Livius |first1=Titus |title=The Early History of Rome |publisher=the Penguin Group |isbn=978-0-140-44809-2 |pages=337}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
==== Drama ====
* [[Aristophanes]]' play ''[[The Clouds]]'' is performed<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristophanes | access-date=February 24, 2024 | title=Aristophanes | series=Encyclopædia Britannica | date=January 19, 2024 | first1=Maurice | last1=Platnauer | first2=Oliver | last2=Taplin}}</ref> as is [[Sophocles]]' play ''Maidens of Trachi'' and ''The Putine'' (''The Bottle''), by [[Cratinus]].
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== Births ==

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== Deaths ==
* [[Sogdianus of Persia|Sogdianus]], King of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]] (assassinated)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}Frey, Wendy, and Diane Hart. ''History Alive!'' Palo Alto, CA: TCI, 2004. Print.

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