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Year 468 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Barbatus and Priscus (or, less frequently, year 286 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 468 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval time, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
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By place
Greece
- Sparta faces trouble near home, mainly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. Argos regains control of Tiryns.
Roman Republic
- Antium is captured by Roman forces.
China
- Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.
By topic
Literature
- Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize.
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Deaths
- Aristides, Athenian statesman (b. 530 BC)