Editing 446 BC

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Year '''446 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 Barbatus and Fusus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 308 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 446 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===
====Greece====
* [[Achaea]] achieves its independence from [[Athens]],<ref>{{Citation |last=Errington |first=R. M. |title=Achaean Confederacy, Greek |date=2015-12-22 |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics |url=https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-20 |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.20 |isbn=978-0-19-938113-5}}</ref> while [[Euboea]], crucial to Athenian control of the sea and food supplies, revolts against Athens.<ref name=":0">{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2024-08-13 |title=Ancient Greek civilization - Revolts, Tributary States, Athens |encyclopedia=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Greece/Revolts-of-Athenss-tributary-states |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en}}</ref> [[Pericles]] crosses over to Euboea with his troops.
* [[Megara]] joins the revolt against Athens.<ref name=":0" /> The strategic importance of Megara is immediately demonstrated by the appearance, for the first time in 12 years, of a [[Sparta]]n army under King [[Pleistoanax]] in [[Attica]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2024-08-13 |title=Ancient Greek civilization - Peloponnesian War, Sparta, Athens |encyclopedia=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Greece/The-Peloponnesian-War |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en}}</ref> The threat from the Spartan army leads Pericles to arrange, by bribery and by negotiation, that Athens will give up its mainland possessions and confine itself to a largely maritime empire.
* The Spartan army retires, so Pericles crosses back to Euboea with 50 ships and 5,000 soldiers, cracking down any opposition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Plutarch • Life of Pericles |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Pericles*.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref> He punishes the landowners of [[Chalcis]], who lose their properties, while the residents of [[Oreus|Histiaea]] are uprooted and replaced by 2,000 Athenian settlers.
* After hearing that the Spartan army had accepted bribes from Pericles, Pleistoanax, the King of Sparta, is impeached by the citizens of Sparta, but flees to exile in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> His military adviser, Cleandridas also flees and is condemned to death in his absence.

==== Sicily ====
* [[Ducetius]], the Hellenised leader of the [[Siculi]], an ancient people of Sicily, returns from exile in [[Corinth]] to [[Sicily]] and colonises Cale Acte on the north coast with Greek and Siculi settlers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, DABAR, Drusus, Duce'tius |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:alphabetic+letter=D:entry+group=18:entry=ducetius-bio-1 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>
* [[Agrigento|Acragas]] declares war on [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] because of the return of Ducetius and is defeated by Syracuse in the [[Battle of the Himera River (446 BC)|Battle of the Himera River]].{{cn|date=August 2024}}

==== Roman Republic ====
* In the [[Battle of Corbione]], Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus leads [[Roman Republic|Roman]] troops to a victory over the [[Aequi]] of north-east [[Latium]] and the [[Volsci]] of southern Latium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heritage History - Products |url=https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=resources&s=study-page&h=ancient_rome&f=wars_battles |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=heritage-history.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Campaign History |url=https://cormacogibne.weebly.com/campaign-history.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Roman Army}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Aristophanes]], [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] [[playwright]]<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2024-07-09 |title=Aristophanes {{!}} Biography, Plays, & Facts |encyclopedia=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristophanes |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en}}</ref> (approximate year) (d. c. [[385 BC]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aristophanes |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1011.Aristophanes |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Goodreads}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Furius Camillus]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Marcus Furius Camillus {{!}} Facts & Biography |encyclopedia=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Furius-Camillus |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en}}</ref> [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[soldier]] and [[wikt:statesman|statesman]] (traditional date) (d. [[365 BC]])<ref>{{Cite web |author=((Visiting Contributor)) |date=2021-12-20 |title=Marcus Furius Camillus 446-365 BC - The first Roman dictator |url=https://roman-empire.net/people/marcus-furius-camillus/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
*[[Cleinias]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Clei'nias |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=cleinias-bio-1 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> a close relative of Roman politician and military commander [[Alcibiades]]. (approximate year) (b. disputed)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2024-08-08 |title=Alcibiades {{!}} Biography, Socrates, & Facts |encyclopedia=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alcibiades-Athenian-politician-and-general |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=en}}</ref>

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