456 BC
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Year 456 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lactuca and Caeliomontanus (or, less frequently, year 298 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 456 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
[edit | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Greece
[edit | edit source]- The first of the Athenian sculptor Phidias' monuments to Athena, the bronze Athena Promachos, is placed on the Athenian Acropolis, measuring about 9 metres high.[1]
- The temple of Zeus in Olympia is finished.[2]
Births
[edit | edit source]- Aristophanes, Greek playwright (d. c. 386 BC)[3]
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Aeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC)[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Baker, Rosalie F.; III, Charles F. Baker (1997). Ancient Greeks: Creating the Classical Tradition. Oxford University Press, US. p. 108. ISBN 9780195099409.
- ↑ "Ancient History in depth: Ancient Greek Olympics Gallery". BBC History. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Xu, Guobin; Chen, Yanhui; Xu, Lianhua (2018). Understanding Western Culture: Philosophy, Religion, Literature and Organizational Culture. Springer. p. 150. ISBN 9789811081507.