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Calendar year
Year
428 BC
was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar
. At the time, it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Cossus and Cincinnatus
or
Cincinnatus and Atratinus
(or, less frequently,
year 326
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination 428 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
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Greece
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- The chief city of
Lesbos
,
Mytilene
, revolts against
Athenian
rule. The
Spartan
admiral,
Alcidas
, leads 40
Peloponnesian
alliance ships with the aim of assisting the inhabitants of Mytilene. However, the rebellion by Mytilene is crushed before his forces can arrive.
- Despite encouragement from the
Ionian
leaders to engage the Athenians, Alcidas declines. Rather, Alcidas leads his fleet to
Cyllene
where the Spartans resolve to strengthen the fleet and send it to
Corcyra
where a revolution has broken out. Spartan leaders,
Brasidas
and Alcidas, then defeat a fleet of Corcyran ships. However, they retire when word reaches them that 60 Athenian ships from
Leucas
under the command of
Eurymedon
have been dispatched to intercept them.
Italy
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By topic
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Literature
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Births
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- Archytas
, Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist (d.
347 BC
)
Deaths
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References
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